Down the Drain: The hotly anticipated book from ‘one of the all-time pop-culture greats’ (New York magazine)

Down the Drain: The hotly anticipated book from ‘one of the all-time pop-culture greats’ (New York magazine)

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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 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. But all these share the trait for which she is most unabashedly and unapologetically being herself.This commitment to authenticity has never been more on display than in Down the Drain. Fox recounts her turbulent path to cultural 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 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.

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Pages
336
Price
14.49 €

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This book is probably the wildest ride I’ve ever been on. And I loved every second of it. First of all Julia has “been on my radar” since before the time with the artist. She has always intrigued me so much but I never thought to research her. This book now makes me respect her even more than anything I could have ever imagined. A woman that has been failed by the (mainly) men in her life so much so that I genuinely felt nothing but pure rage reading many parts of this book. It’s a most honest look into her life, her writing is gut wrenching, funny, wonderful and so so many things. I can truly say it has been an honor to be let into this portrayal of her life. I don’t know how many times I put this book down to genuinely laugh but also to just sob my heart out. I wish Julia nothing but the best. She is one of the strongest women I’ve ever heard of, she can be a role model for many. But yeah at the end I just wish her happiness and freedom. I cannot put into words what this book did to me. Julia, thank you.

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brutally honest and uniquely powerful!

I listened to the audiobook and was stunned by her lifestory and the heartache and pain she went through. It is truly a reminder not to believe the tabloids distorted truths and not to feed into their negativity or the bullying they endorse. I wasn't a fan of hers before, but now I can say I have the utmost sympathy for her, and a deep respect for the fight she put up and the person she becomes. I recommend this autobiography to everyone who can deal with dark subjects such as abuse, addiction, losses, and grief.

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3,5* Julia Fox ist eine mega interessante Person. Keine Sympathieträgerin, aber eine Frau, die ohne Zweifel viel zu erzählen hat. Die erste Hälfte hat sich gelesen wie ein Coming of Age-Film aus den 90ern. Es war ungeschönt und durchgehend unterhaltsam. Leider hat es mich in der zweiten Hälfte etwas verloren. Zum Ende hin hat mir der rote Faden gefehlt und ich bin mit den ganzen wechselnden Partnern und Freund*innen nicht mehr wirklich mitgekommen. Trotzdem ist es eine sehr gut geschriebene Biografie einer spannenden Persönlichkeit. CN: Drogen und Überdosis, häusliche Gewalt, sexuelle Gewalt, Sexismus, suizidale Gedanken, Gaslighting und sicherlich noch einiges mehr.

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Forever Julia Fox girlie, for all the weird white girls with the fat ass <3

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