***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. If we’re all born naked and the rest is drag then this is
RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.
