The House of Hidden Meanings: The surprising, revealing and poignant memoir from a pop culture icon and bestselling author for readers who loved PARIS, LOVE PAMELA and PAGEBOY

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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes Ru Paul's most revealing and personal work to date. A brutally honest, surprisingly poignant and intimate memoir of growing up in a broken home, black, poor, queer, and exceedingly different, to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance on the road to global fame - and changing the way the whole world thinks about drag

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.

Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul 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, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.

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.

If we're all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.

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RuPaul Andre Charles is an actor, musician, television personality and internationally beloved drag queen. He produces and hosts RuPaul's Drag Race, which has received 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, including 6 for Outstanding Host and has been the inspiration for international versions in 15 countries and several spinoffs including the popular Drag Race: All Stars and Celebrity Drag Race. He also hosts the podcast RuPaul: What's the Tee With Michelle Visage.