Down the Drain

By: Julia Fox

Narrated by: Julia Fox

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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.

© 2023 Julia Fox (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio

Incredible

One of the best memoirs I’ve ever read. I went into it kind of blind and I’m so impressed.

Easy listen, honest and raw

The story about child, neglect. Abuse, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and survival child, neglect. Abuse, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and survival loss and pain. How she turned it all into inner strength to make something of her self

Great story teller

This book was absolutely fascinating. She’s a great story teller and writer. Bravo. I look forward to more of her work.

WOW just WOW!!!

Julia Fox is a force to be reckoned with. Her courage to be herself is so unbelievably unique and beautiful. Phenomenal person phenomenal story and PHENOMENAL AUDIO BOOK. You’re my hero Julia!!!!

Incredible Story

One of the best memoirs I have ever read. A triumphant story of a girl who had all the odds stacked against her.

Captivating + Sad

Incredible storytelling but I’m going to need therapy after this. I hope she gets the peace and joy she deserves.

Riveting, entertaining, heartbreaking

I thought this would be a casual read but I was hanging on to every word waiting to see what happened next. Very interesting life she has lived so far.

Excellent read

Fascinating life, even better writer. I’m a new fan of hers. She’s an artist! Thank you for your book!

loved it

I would have never thought how much I relate to this person. This is a huge example of why you should never judge a book by its cover physically and mentally! very good and changes my perspective of the actual person "Julia Fox" not all the tabloid headlines!!

All in one

We laugh, we cry and experience moments of euphoria just by listening. Truly a masterpiece written authentically and unapologetically.