Pageboy [Signed 1st Printing]

Page, Elliot

ISBN 10: 1443469114 / ISBN 13: 9781443469111

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, Toronto, 2023

About this Item

1st printing of the first Canadian hardcover edition of the Canadian author's memoir SIGNED by him on the title page. Published simultaneously with the much larger American edition, the Canadian edition follows-the-flag. It is scarcely found - signed or unsigned. Full black paper with white titles and white endpapers. The book is tight with sharp corners and no markings by a previous owner or retailer. The crown of the book's spine has softened, and the bottom corner of pg. 11 is creased. The jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. There is light wear at the crown of the spine and at the mid-point of the top edge of the front panel. The actor's first book.

Seller Inventory # 002640

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pageboy [Signed 1st Printing]
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1443469114
• ISBN 13: 9781443469111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction, Autographed
  • First Books, Autographed

About this title

Synopsis

THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Winner of the 2023 Libby Book Award for Best Memoir and Autobiography 

The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth.

“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. A previously unfathomable experience. 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 behind the scenes details and intimate interrogations on sex, love, trauma, and Hollywood, Pageboy is the story of a life pushed to the brink. But at its core, this beautifully written, winding journey of what it means to untangle ourselves from the expectations of others is an ode to stepping into who we truly are with defiance, strength, and joy. 

About the Author

ELLIOT PAGE is an Academy Award–nominated actor, a producer, and a director who currently stars in the hit series The Umbrella Academy.