03697cam a2200349 4500 1268060363 TxAuBib 20240507120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063263925 0063263920 B0CCP5RLQ1 Amazon 355e1b90-54e4-4633-89b0-957a0673ad04 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10034486 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib RuPaul. The House of Hidden Meanings [Libby (Advantage) eBook] : A Memoir. HarperCollins, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 11MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><strong>***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***</strong></p> <p><strong>From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.</strong></p> <p>Central to RuPaul's success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world's largest television franchises, RuPaul's ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul. Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known.</p> <p>In The House of Hidden Meanings, RuPaul strips away all artifice and recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography life-story, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.</p> <p>Here in RuPaul's singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living—a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly.</p> <p>A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag. "I've always loved to view the world with analytical eyes, examining what lies beneath the surface. Here, the focus is on my own life—as RuPaul Andre Charles," says RuPaul.</p> <p>If we're all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-05-07 20:00:03. Advantage title. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=355e1b90-54e4-4633-89b0-957a0673ad04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=355e1b90-54e4-4633-89b0-957a0673ad04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=355e1b90-54e4-4633-89b0-957a0673ad04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)