Pageboy: A Memoir

"Otherwise, the celebrity memoir of the year is probably Elliot Page’s Pageboy , which charts—among other things—his Hollywood career, coming out as gay, then his later gender transition. The Juno and Inception actor might be the most famous trans man in the world right now, and this thoughtful, non-linear account is thus not only a glimpse into the Tinseltown lifestyle but a valuable addition to trans literature . In its sensitivity and earnest tone, wrought from first-hand and sometimes painful experience, it is also, as was noted in the i , “a vital antidote to the toxic trans debate.” If you’d like to get a taste of the book before committing, People magazine published an extract from the first chapter here ."