The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir Richard Woodman Is Ballista just another pawn

Is Ballista just another pawn in his game

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Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates the things her father has promised will make their fortune

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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir Richard Woodman Is Ballista just another pawnFrom international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to datea brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self portrait of the legendary icon on the