{"product_id":"i-wrote-this-for-attention-9781668080078","title":"I Wrote This for Attention","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting and heartwarming memoir by the actor of \u003ci\u003eWhite Lotus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEuphoria \u003c\/i\u003ethat details his upbringing in the west coast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eincluding a broken family, struggles with addiction, sex, borderline personality disorder--and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, even as he actually becomes a star.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of his life. His beloved grandmother was dying. And Lukas was sitting next to his father, a man who had been mostly absent in his son's childhood--except when talking to Lukas about tits because he loved nothing more than tits, and listening to Howard Stern on the radio. They were across the street from a building in Century City, where months prior, Lukas had to grapple with the dissolution of his marriage. This week had it all: death, divorce, and daddy issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In that room, Lukas did the smartest thing anyone can do in a crisis: doom scroll to see what random people on the internet were saying about him. People were calling him an attention whore--and they were absolutely right. Lukas Gage was no stranger to going viral. He loved attention. As a toddler, he set his room on fire. As a child, he hugged and flirted with women at Hooters to his father's delight. As a teen, he stole handles of alcohol and cherry cough syrup. He had sex at a restroom in Chili's, and fell hopelessly in love with a girl who wore an ankle monitor. He became an actor and filmed \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e scene in \u003ci\u003eWhite Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e (if you know, you know). Lukas was scared of attention and yet he craved it more than anything in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eI Wrote This for Attention\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, exquisite memoir full of heart that chronicles Lukas's coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego and clawing his way to stardom. Lukas captures the universal anxieties of transitioning from innocence to adulthood, of feeling too much and nothing at all. Sex and death, fame and familial strife, drug abuse and Raya, \u003ci\u003eI Wrote This for Attention\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable achievement of healing, of vaping through therapy sessions, and of having the courage to forgive the family that hurt you and set yourself free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLukas Gage is an actor\/writer\/producer who is best known for his role in the first season of the Emmy Award-winning HBO limited series, \u003ci\u003eThe White Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e. Lukas also starred in Netflix's \u003ci\u003eYou\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/i\u003e on HBO; Daniel Goldhaber's \u003ci\u003eHow to Blow Up a Pipeline\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDown Low\u003c\/i\u003e for FilmNation, which he cowrote and stars opposite Zach Quinto and Simon Rex; and \u003ci\u003eFargo\u003c\/i\u003e on FX\/HULU. Lukas can also be seen in the remake of \u003ci\u003eRoad House\u003c\/i\u003e for Amazon\/MGM, \u003ci\u003eSmile 2\u003c\/i\u003e for Paramount, and the highly anticipated film, \u003ci\u003eRosebush Pruning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649137574162,"sku":"9781668080078","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf1b65a4-245d-414f-9565-d0816c541652.jpg?v=1759845703","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-wrote-this-for-attention-9781668080078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}