Down the Drain
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About this audiobook
The hotly anticipated book from “one of the all-time pop-culture greats” (New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life and unyielding determination to not only survive but achieve her dreams.
Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating acting, such as her breakout role in the film Uncut Gems; her trendsetting style, including bleached eyebrows, exaggerated eyeshadow, and cutout dresses; her mastery of social media, where she entertains and educates her millions of followers. But all these share the trait for which she is most famous: unabashedly and unapologetically being herself.
This commitment to authenticity has never been more on display than in Down the Drain. With writing that is both eloquent and accessible, Fox recounts her turbulent path to cultural supremacy: her parents’ volatile relationship that divided her childhood between Italy and New York City and left her largely raising herself; a possessive and abusive drug-dealing boyfriend whose torment continued even from within Rikers Island; her own trips to jail as well as to a psychiatric hospital; her work as a dominatrix that led to a complicated entanglement with a sugar daddy; a heroin habit that led to New Orleans trap houses and that she would kick only after the fatal overdose of her best friend; her own near-lethal overdoses and the deaths of still more friends from drugs and suicide; an emotionally explosive, tabloid-dominating romance with a figure she dubs “The Artist”; a whirlwind, short-lived marriage and her trials as a single parent striving to support her young son. Yet as extraordinary as her story is, its universality is what makes it so powerful. Fox doesn’t just capture her improbable evolution from grade-school outcast to fashion-world icon, she captures her transition from girlhood to womanhood to motherhood. Family and friendship, sex and death, violence and love, money and power, innocence and experience—it’s all here, in raw, remarkable, and riveting detail.
More than a year before the book’s publication, Fox’s description of it as “a masterpiece” in a red carpet interview went viral. As always, she was just being honest. Down the Drain is a true literary achievement, as one-of-a-kind as its author.
Editor's Note
‘Car crash of a memoir’…
Called a “car crash of a memoir” by The New York Times, “Down the Drain” chronicles Fox’s outlandish life story, including opioid addiction, abusive relationships, going viral, and eventually, embracing stability and motherhood. This memoir — made famous pre-publication when Fox claimed it was “a masterpiece” during a red carpet interview — is brash, darkly funny, and fully authentic.
Julia Fox
Julia Fox taught history in state and private schools and is the author of Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford and Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile.
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Readers find this title to be an amazing, inspiring, and engrossing book. It is beautifully written and recounted, making readers feel good about themselves. While some find it weirdly sexual and think it could be better written, overall it is a thrilling and exhilarating experience. Julia Fox's life story is truly astonishing and she is praised for her talent and brilliance as a writer. Many recommend this book and are eagerly waiting for the sequel.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s a story that you listen to with a dropped jaw, and when you recount it to friends it makes you tear up. We love you Julia! For anyone on the fence, go for it and give this book a try!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So so sooo amazing. So beautifully written, I couldn’t put it down and I couldn’t stop thinking about it when I did. Julia I love you!!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First ever audiobook i listened to completion! Loved it, could relate heavily.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5She is so real and refreshing ! Loved the book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heartbreaking and raw, Julia’s storytelling kept me intrigued at every chapter. I’m truly a different person after finishing this book and I’ll treasure it forever.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely invigorating, illuminating, and inspiring. Everything about Julia Fox absolutely makes sense now - a MUST read
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Julia Fox is the most interesting woman alive right now
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic, raw, and vulnerable. Added to the list of one or my favorite memoirs of all time.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was mind blowing on several accounts. But I hope the author finds peace and gets to do her stuff the way she wants it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As wild and touching as people say! If you are curious give it a try
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What an unexpectedly great book. Shes been thru it, hits ya in the feels
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now,THIS IS A BOOK!!!! From beginning to end. I'm ready for the sequel.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I LOVE HER. amazing book. 100% would recommend. amazing life story, amazing life events. and truly INSPIRING! check it out yourself!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was totally engrossing from start to finish. She writes from a really honest and vulnerable place and she makes it easy to really root for her the whole time
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's ok, the story is very interesting. She's a lucky girl! It could be better writen but very easy to listen to.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautifully read, written and recounted. Relatable and scary. Thrilling. Makes you feel good about being who you are.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love it!! I've died and reborn all throughout the chapters. The whole experience was exhilarating.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5absolutely inspiring! loved hearing Julia narrate the book herself. she truly is an icon.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good but weirdly sexual for someone who has been on opiods
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5julia fox you saved my life i love you .
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The author holds nothing back and at the same time offers little to no introspection at all. I felt like the writing was choppy although interesting. Not my fave memoir.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oh. My. God. This is the best celebrity memoir I’ve ever listened to she’s absolutely incredible and her writing is so gorgeous. Such a good book
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5astonishing. amaizing. incredible. out of this fkng world. Jula Fox what a beautiful and talented peice of woman You are. i enjoyed every syllable of this book. defnetly a book for at least three reads because of it's brilliance. thank you for writing and reading this masterpiece, Julia Fox, you brilliant woman.
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