Down the Drain

By: Julia Fox

Narrated by: Julia Fox

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Absolutely obsessed

What a beautiful, heart breaking yet inspiring story. I binged this book so fast. We love you, Julia!

Great book!

Was never a real fan of Julia Fox, but this book completely changed my perspective of her. Give it a listen!

i am in awe

brought me to tears. i am so incredibly touched by this. thank you julia. thank you

She did it herself

Captivating story of Julia’s life. She’s smart, tough, funny and the book is relatable even though she’s lived an insane life against many odds. I felt honored to hear her tell her story and I’m glad she took the time to share her life with us.

LOVE YOU JULIA

so fantastic and raw! I listened nonstop. Could listen to her talk forever I swear ❤️❤️

So much vocal fry

I like the story and it’s well written but it’s so hard to get through due to her vocal fry.

True Insight on Julia

Glad I listened to her story the media I saw and read before I heard her story turned me off on her. After listening to her owns words I’m a huge fan! Keep going girl you have proven you are worth it🩷

WoW

Never knew what a ROUGH life she had. Koudous to her ! So real and in your face.

as she said, a masterpiece

i already liked her but this added new depth. a great and engaging listen made it fly by.

Julia Fox is a true artist.

I’m 19, and this has to be one of the best books ive read in all my life. she is so easy to listen to, and her voice captures you in by the first few minutes. i found many restless nights just listening, scanning the pages. 1000\10. Julia, brava.