I Wrote This For Attention

Lukas Gage

$36.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Fourth Estate Ltd
14 October 2025

Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs; Addiction & therapy; Coping with illness

'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and – dare I say – slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER

A thrilling memoir by The White Lotus and Euphoria actor, Lukas Gage, which chronicles his upbringing in a broken family, struggles with borderline personality disorder and his commitment to always being the centre of attention.

Lukas 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. They were also across the street from a building where, months prior, Lukas had to grapple with the dissolution of his marriage.

Naturally, Lukas did the smartest thing anyone can do in a crisis: doomscroll to see what random people on the internet were saying about him. People were calling him an attention whore – and they were right. As a toddler, he set his room on fire. As a child, he flirted with women at Hooters. As a teen, he fell hopelessly in love with a girl who wore an ankle monitor. And as an adult, he became an actor and filmed that scene in The White Lotus (if you know, you know). Lukas was scared of attention and yet he craved it more than anything in the world.

I Wrote This for Attention is an exquisite memoir that details Lukas’ coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego. Capturing universal anxieties – of transitioning from innocence to adulthood, of feeling too much and nothing at all, of sex and death, of fame and familial strife – this book is a remarkable achievement of healing, vaping through therapy sessions and having the courage to forgive the family that hurt you.

By: Lukas Gage
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780008787769
ISBN 10: 000878776X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

LUKAS GAGE is a writer, actor and producer whose work is nuanced and immersive, allowing him to subvert genres across film and television. Responsible for many film and TV-favorite roles, he delivers memorable performances in hit TV shows including THE WHITE LOTUS and EUPHORIA as well as films including SMILE 2, ROAD HOUSE and DOWN LOW, which he co-wrote, among many others. Beloved for his work on screen, Gage continues to develop a number of projects across different genres and mediums. He currently resides in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Reviews for I Wrote This For Attention

'This book is raw, provocative, chaotic, and—dare I say—slutty. Wait, sorry, that was me describing Lukas Gage. The book, though, is every bit of that and more. A must-read for anyone who’s a fan of Lukas (or even if you can’t stand him). Or, if you’ve never heard of him—which, honestly, is most of you—just read it anyway' Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'For a self-proclaimed liar, Lukas Gage is brutally honest. And for an exhibitionistic chaos agent with a borderline personality disorder, he is entirely relatable. This insightful memoir will earn your attention with its humor and its heartbreak' Mike White, Emmy winning writer and director 'This book is as unhinged and heartwarming as Lukas is' Riley Keough, co-author of From Here to the Great Unknown 'Few books have the power to move me to both laughter and tears, but this one did' Molly Shannon, author of Hello, Molly!