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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.
''Intense and compelling'' SUNDAY TIMES
''A gripping and powerful coming-of-age story'' TELEGRAPH
''A masterpiece'' GREG JAMES, BBC RADIO 1
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. 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. 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 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. -
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 eye shadow and cut-out dresses; her mastery of social media. 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. 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 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. -
HUNTING THE FALCON - HENRY VIII, ANNE BOLEYN AND THE MARRIAGE THAT SHOOK EUROPE
John Guy, Julia Fox
- Bloomsbury
- 6 Juin 2024
- 9781526631534
A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever.
''In many places, where once we had speculation, we now have certainty. This book is at once an education and a joy to read'' LITERARY REVIEW
''Combines meticulously researched history and contemporary voices with narrative flair'' SUNDAY TIMES
''Anne Boleyn comes alive in this impressive study . . . Moves and informs'' THE TIMES
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband''s passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. In Hunting the Falcon, John Guy and Julia Fox examine the most recent archival discoveries and peel back layers of historical myth to present Anne and Henry in startlingly new ways. They show how Anne and Henry''s relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at one of the great turning points of European history, and dispel any assumptions that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. Anne was in fact a shrewd and ruthless politician in her own right, a woman who steered Henry and his policies - and whom Henry seriously contemplated making joint sovereign.
Hunting the Falcon sets the facts and some completely new finds into a wide frame, unearthing the truth about these two extraordinary lives and their tumultuous times. It pays particular attention to the seven ''missing'' years that Anne spent in France, and explores how she organised her side of the royal court in novel ways that ultimately sowed the seeds of her own downfall. In this feat of historical research and analysis, Guy and Fox offer a sumptuous retelling of one of the most consequential marriages in history and an exhilarating portrait of love, lust, politics and power.
''Better than Wolf Hall because it''s all true'' ANDREW ROBERTS
''A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh reality of politics'' AMANDA FOREMAN> -
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband''s passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. Missing from most accounts is how the turbulent nature of Anne and Henry''s relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at one of the great turning points of British and European history. This was a marriage that convulsed not just a nation, but a whole continent.
Drawing on new archival documents, startling artefactual discoveries and reinterpretations of long-misunderstood sources, John Guy and Julia Fox unearth the truth of these two extraordinary lives and their tumultuous times. They pay particular attention to the formative years Anne spent in the French courts while Henry learned how to be king among English courtiers - and dispel any lingering assumptions that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little to no influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. Hunting the Falcon is a sumptuous retelling of one of the most consequential marriages in history and a startling portrait of love, lust, politics and power.> -
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Contrat de mariage ; un séduisant milliardaire ; rencontre avec une inconnue
Susan Fox, Julia James, Kathryn Jensen
- Harlequin
- 1 Juin 2017
- 9782280378383
Contrat de mariage, Susan Fox.
En recueillant Cody, son neveu, Claire Ryan n'imaginait pas que l'oncle du petit garçon, le riche et magnétique Logan Pierce, en obtiendrait la garde. Et encore moins qu'il allait lui proposer un curieux marché : l'épouser pour qu'elle devienne vraiment la mère de l'enfant. Une offre bien trop tentante pour que Claire la refuse ; même si cela signifie partager la vie - et le lit - de Logan... Un séduisant milliardaire, Julia James.
Depuis quelque temps, Portia ne cesse de trouver sur son chemin Diego Saez. Or, le mystérieux homme d'affaires est bien la dernière personne qu'elle souhaite rencontrer. Car non content de lui avoir déclaré son intention de la séduire, il menace désormais de prendre le contrôle de la banque dont elle est l'héritière...
Rencontre avec une inconnue, Kathryn Jensen.
Antoine est furieux : quelqu'un a usurpé son identité pour se lancer dans une activité d'escorte ! Afin de rétablir la vérité, le voilà obligé de rencontrer la première cliente de l'imposteur - une certaine Maria McPherson. Mais au lieu de l'intrigante qu'il imaginait, Antoine découvre une jeune femme ravissante et timide, qui prétend être, comme lui, victime d'un canular...
