Length1h 53m
About this audiobook
Before the lashes, there was loss. Before the spotlight, survival. Welcome to House Glamour.
Set against the gritty backdrop of late-1970s Honolulu, Diaries of a Drag Queen follows Vivian Starr—a teenage runaway with a busted suitcase, a cracked compact, and zero backup plan. After being kicked out of her home, Vivian finds unlikely sanctuary in an abandoned house with no electricity, a lot of wigs, and a chosen family of queens just as loud, lost, and legendary.
Inside these walls, chaos reigns: rhinestones in the rice cooker, glitter in the air vents, and emotional trauma duct-taped to every dressing room mirror. But under the foundation and falsies, there's something real—a fight for identity, resilience, and the kind of love that doesn't care what name you were given at birth.
Told in episodic snapshots, dark humor, and heartbreakingly fabulous drag wisdom, this is not your typical coming-of-age story. It's a coming-into-glamour story.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length1 hr 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 28, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: The Night It All Fell Apart
11Chapter 11: Lesson One: Pain is Power
2Chapter 2: Lost Boys Don’t Stay Lost Forever
12Chapter 12: Lesson Two : The Art of Deception
3Chapter 3: The Glades
13Chapter 13: Lesson Three: Speak Without Speaking
4Chapter 4: Madame Venus
14Chapter 14: Lesson Four: Hustle Until It Hurts
5Chapter 5: Baptism Before The Fire
15Chapter 15: Glitter Covers the Scars, But It Still Cuts
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6Chapter 6: Lip Sync or Die Trying
16Chapter 16: The Hustle Never Stops
7Chapter 7: The Queens of Mean
17Chapter 17: How To Kill A Queen Without Lifting A Finger
8Chapter 8: The Sew-er Queen’s Philosophy
18Chapter 18: This Star Won’t Fall
9Chapter 9: The House That Glamour Forgot
19About the Author
10Chapter 10: Welcome to the Dollhouse
20Also by Alston Alika Albarado
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