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

Exceeded Expectations

Thank you for helping me realize my own biases.

What vulnerability! Raw, exciting, emotional, and tenacious.

Amazing

Could not stop listening. I just finished and I’m in tears. Julia is so fascinating and an incredible writer. I don’t know her but I feel so proud of her. Wow, what a life this woman has lived! She’s so freaking cool.

A work of art

She said it herself, this is a masterpiece. With vulnerability and raw honesty, she takes readers on a journey through her roller coaster of a life. She’s genuine and relatable, and a goddamn hustler. Highly recommend

“How to Murder Your Life” pt 2

Julia Fox’s book/story is so much like Cat Marnell’s that it further hits home how amazing it is that either of them is still alive — much less able to write a fully engrossing autobiography. Fox’s narration is great, too. It’s a little slow in the beginning and throughout the story, I feel like we never have a true sense of how old she is but other those piddly complaints, I have nothing but great things to say. I’d never even heard of her before I read this book and now I’m a fan.

Wow

I am truly in awe and admiration. This is truly a movie but realizing that Julia LIVED this was emotional! heartbreak, happiness, grief, the empty feeling some of us experience. I am so grateful that she decided to share her life with us. Julia Fox seems like a good human being.

Fantastic!

So detailed! Honestly I felt transported into her life. This woman has really been through some crazy life experiences! Totally worth the time!

Powerful and Authentic

I’m so impressed with the authenticity of this beautifully smart, honest, and real human. Julia Fox r is a phenomenal writer that is poetic and unpretentious. Her life is so wild that it was meant for the books. 10/10 would recommend reading or listening to this book.

Truly incredible

I don’t know what I was expecting but this book is beyond words. One of my new favorites!

NYC Grit - Historical Fiction

As a native New Yorker, I greatly appreciated this story. Her life experiences traversed areas and social scenes my family protected me from, but still held my fascination growing up in the city. Her story is actually quite poignant and I dare say is a notable addition to other NYC centric stories. Great job!

Raw and riveting

Candid, unflinchingly honest memoir from a fascinating and brave woman. There is never a dull moment. Iconic!