The summer before Julia began elementary school, she went to Italy. Chiara, Julia’s 15-year-old cousin, “smokes like a chimney, drinks like a sailor, and curses like a truck driver.” But, unlike 14-year-old Julia, Chiara doesn’t wear makeup, thongs, and padded bras. (p. 60) [Later, Chiara informed Julia that their classmates were keeping track of the color of Jullia’s thongs in their notebooks. (p. 70)]
At the local bar down the mountain, Julia and Chiara downed “shots of vodka back-to-back” where Julia flirted with “hot older guys who ride motorcycles and drive muscle cars.” The boys in town didn’t “excite” Julia. Plus, Julia got a “rush” when she “succeed[ed] at the art of seduction.” Julia wrote that most of the men didn’t care that she was 14, which is not surprising since the age of consent in Italy is 14. (p. 60)
Julia described 23-year-old Giovanni as the most beautiful man she had ever seen with an “Irresistible”, “Venetian drawl” and long eyelashes. (p. 61) And it didn’t hurt that Giovanni drove a purple Porsche Cayenne.
After some Anima Nera and red wine, Giovanni kissed Julia with his “soft and succulent” lips. Giovanni unhooked her bra, lifted her skirt and kissed her breasts. Julia pulled down Giovanni’s pants, admired his penis, and she “suck[ed] it for a few seconds” before she squatted over Giovanni and sat on his uncircumcised yet “pretty” penis - “in the middle of the cobblestone road.” Thus, Julia lost her virginity at 14 in the middle of the street in Italy. (p. 62)
Unsurprisingly, Julia and Giovanni were seen by a voyeur. However, days later, Julia and Giovanni had age-gap sex again - behind a “desolate church” “under the stars”. (p. 64)
Julia returned to New York, but, days later, she asked to go back to Italy whItaere she texted Giovanni: “Hi G. It’s Julia. I live in Italy now. If you're ever in Como, we should meet up.” G never replied. (p. 68)
In a basement cafĂ©, while they all “chain-smoked cigarettes”, Julia showed some schoolmates her nipple ring. Consequently, they lost their minds! However, Julia's Italian classmates were “experienced too”. For example: “They wear heels every day to class. They wear layers of bronzer and their highlighted hair is always perfectly coiffed.” And Tatiana shared that she “has a thing for fucking married men”. For instance: “She’s been dating the butcher in secret for the past two years.” (i.e., Tatiana started dating the (married) butcher when she was 13.) (p. 74)
Julia returned to New York during Christmas break where she accompanied Trish to Trish’s “dealer’s apartment”, which is where Julia met Ace. Not one for pleasantries, Ace, with his “milky” skin and “jet-black hair”, simply dropped a white pill, which Julia popped. (p. 83-84)
Minutes later, in front of everyone in the dealer’s apartment, 16-year-old Julia climbed on top of Ace and rode him until she felt “fireworks” in her vagina. She wrote that she was “overwhelmed by the euphoric bomb that exploded” between them. Interestingly, Julia shared that that was her first penetrative orgasm, but she did not share when she had her first non-penetrative orgasm. (p. 85)
Subsequently, Julia ran to the bathroom, in the nude, followed by Ace where she asked for more ecstasy. Moments after showering, dressing and popping another white pill, Julia rode Ace “hard and fast and soft and slow” in the back seat of a Honda while Dougies drove through midtown. (p. 85)
Days later, after Julia inhaled cocaine off Ace’s fist, she felt a “lightning bolt” strike that went from her spine to her panties and caused a “tingling sensation” in her vagina. Consequently, in the bathroom, Julia ripped off her top, got on her knees, devoured Ace’s penis, and slurped on his “salty sweat juice.” (p. 92)
Before her flight back to Italy, Ace gave Julia a Xanax, so she could, “[...] sleep on the flight.” However, after arriving in Italy, Julia told her grandfather that she needed money for an abortion. She lied. Julia used the money to buy a plane ticket back to New York. (p. 94-95)
Julia was back in New York, but she hadn’t been home in weeks. Consequently, Julia’s family posted a “missings persons poster on 59th Street”. (p. 108)
Ace was abusive. For example, once, after he “chucked” a porcelain lamp at Julia, he dangled her “upper body out an open window.” (p. 112) It appears that Julia didn’t share Ace’s age, but he was at least 21, because the police threatened to arrest him for “kidnapping and statutory rap.” (p. 117)
Unsurprisingly, Julia wasn’t the only elementary school girl whom had sex with Ace. Julia found “an entire collection of X-rated photographs” on Ace’s computer. For example, among the “endless photographs”, Julia found a photograph of “a petite girl with long chestnut hair, a spray tan, and the biggest boobs”. (p. 120-121)
A judge sent Ace “back to Rikers. No bail” (p. 122) where he threatened to murder Julia and her entire family. (p. 126) Consequently, while on the phone with Ace from Rikers, Julia attempted suicide and was admitted to the “psych ward” at New York-Presbyterian where she stayed for weeks. (p. 127-135)
After Julia was discharged from the “psych ward”, her father enrolled her “in a public high school downtown” where she “smoked so much weed and pop[ped] so many pills”, and where she was called the “weird white girl with a fat ass.” (p. 139)
(Interestingly, Veronica, Julia’s wealthy “beautiful blond Italian” friend, visited New York. Consequently, to Julia’s shock, Veronica began an age-gap affair with Julia’s father. (p. 146-147)
During high school, Julia became a teen it-girl after she “pose[d] semi-nude for a prominent street artist.” At night, Julia would “bounce around nightclubs all over the Meatpacking District” and she would wake up the next day with her “pockets and bra stuffed with crumpled-up dollar bills and” her “purse overflowing with cash”. However, Julia didn’t share how she got the cash. (p. 140) Subsequently, Julia applied for the (teen) dominatrix job and prayed for a Sugar Daddy.
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[In addition to Down the Drain being a New York Times Bestseller, per Simon & Shuster, New York magazine opined that Julia Fox is “one of the all-time pop-culture greats”. Per Amazon, Elle named Down the Drain one of the "Best Books of 2023". And Elle’s Juliana Ukiomogbe opined that Down the Drain is a “masterpiece”.]