#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Singular' Daily
Telegraph'Powerful' New York Times'Vital' i'A profoundly talented writer' Elizabeth
Day'Eloquent and enthralling' Washington Post'Raw harrowing and often heartbreaking' LA
Times'Written by a sensitive soul' Guardian '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. The
unthinkable. 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. 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 Elliot Page
captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this
complicated world.
