"The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work.
Pageboy helps chart the course." —Jamie Lee Curtis
"Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This
isn’t simply a book on what it means to be trans, it’s about what
it means to be human." —Alok Vaid-Menon
Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to
battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy
is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and
lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the
universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place
in this complicated world.
“Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of
Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer
air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened.
In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he
was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a
trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself,
without the repression he’d carried for so long. But for Elliot,
two steps forward had always come with one step back.
With Juno’s massive success, Elliot became one of the world’s
most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to
perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy
young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The
career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of
imagination was suddenly a nightmare.
As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful
people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society
dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent,
unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough.
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his
performance in Juno finally shares his story in a groundbreaking and
inspiring memoir about love, family, fame — and stepping into who
we truly are with strength, joy and connection.