The House of Hidden Meanings

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul,comes his most revealing and personal work to date–a brutally honestsurprisingly poignantand deeply intimate memoir of growing up Blackpoorand queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performancefound familyand self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his liferelationshipsand identityThe 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. Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchisesRuPaul’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 memoirhis most intimate and detailed book yetRuPaul makes himself truly known. Stripping away all artificeRuPaul recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tendernessbringing 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 motherto forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New Yorkto finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobrietyRuPaul excavates his own biographyuncovering 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 familythe importance of harnessing what makes you differentand the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly. If we’re all born naked and the rest is dragthen this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.