RuPaul’s Memoir ‘The House of Hidden Meanings’ Is Already a Bestseller Ahead of March Release

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After first being announced in October, RuPaul‘s upcoming memoir “The House of Hidden Meanings” is now available to pre-order on Amazon, where it’s already a No.

1 bestseller. The book will officially ship out on March 5. The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir $29.99 $26.99 Buy Now On Amazon The book only focuses on RuPaul’s first 40 years of life, before he co-created “Drag Race,” for which he’s earned three Emmy Awards as its host.

The wide-ranging book starts off with his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, and goes on to tell stories from his time in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to falling in love with his husband Georges LeBar and becoming sober. “I’m so excited and so anxious at the same time, because I reveal so much of myself,” RuPaul said on Instagram where he announced his memoir. “You know, this world today it feels so hostile and it’s such a scary place to be vulnerable in, but I did it.