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Say Everything

A Memoir

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Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father.

"Yep, Ione Skye wrote a memoir. I gobbled it up." – MIRANDA JULY

In 1987, sixteen-year-old Ione Skye landed the breakout role of Diane Court, the dream girl who inspires John Cusack’s iconic boombox serenade in the hit Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything. While Skye seemed perfectly typecast as an aloof valedictorian, she was anything but.

Deserted by her dad, the folk singer legend Donovan, Skye was a ninth-grade dropout who sought solace and validation in the eyes of audiences and dreamy costars like Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, Matthew Perry, John Cusack, and Robert Downey Jr. But like her sixties It Girl mom, Skye’s greatest weakness was musicians.

On the heels of a toxic relationship with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis, which began when she was just sixteen and he was twenty-four, the actress leapt into wedded bliss with her first great love, Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz.

But marriage was not the magical hall pass to adulthood Skye had imagined. Awakening to her bisexuality and desperately insecure, she risked her fairytale marriage for a string of affairs with gorgeous nineties “bad girls.” The dream marriage imploded, and Skye’s trust in herself and her future along with it.

Set against a backdrop of rock royalty compounds, supermodel cliques, and classic late-century films like River’s Edge, Gas Food Lodging, and Wayne’s World, Say Everything is a wild ride of Hollywood thrills as well as a lyrical reflection on ambition, intimacy, and a messy, sexy, unconventional life.

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Critic reviews

"Yep, Ione Skye wrote a memoir. I gobbled it up. She’s just really honest and detailed and heartfelt which really only works if you have heart, and she so obviously does. You want to know her, hang out with her, cuddle with her in a way that maybe leads to more, even if the relationship ultimately is more like sisters (this kind thing happens a lot with all the people you would love to be brothers and sisters with, following hooking up.) The biggest shocker (for me) was JUST how bisexual she is" – MIRANDA JULY

"Deeply personal, riveting, and funny, Ione has created an emotional diary that feels like a song you never want to end. As an actor and as a writer, her honesty is unforgettable.” —CAMERON CROWE

“Ione Skye’s unflinching memoir embodies the grit of Eve Babitz mixed with the enchanting guilelessness of Alice navigating her way through the most illogical wonderlands of them all: Hollywood. Ione tells her story of grappling with primal abandonment, love and heartbreak with compassionate candor and a true visual artist’s recall of detail. As the title states, she really does say everything and left me wanting even more.” —MOLLY RINGWALD

“Always charming and witty, Ione was in the center of my nineties LA.” —SOFIA COPPOLA

“Ione Skye has always been a bit of a mystery; beautiful, elegant, and artistically accomplished in various realms of the arts. It was a pleasure to read her engaging book.” —CRISPIN GLOVER

“Ione Skye captivated an entire generation as a new kind of ingenue—idiosyncratic, almost vulpine, and a fascinating fixture of LA lure. But this book proves that even though she was on everyone’s screen (and wall) she had more to say than anyone else’s work could contain. And that the most fascinating, funny and ferocious version of events was her own.” —LENA DUNHAM

“I raced through it in two sittings …unusually upfront and racy. The writing is so good… as much a tapestry of the era as it is a story about Ione Skye."–BRET EASTON ELLIS

All stars
Most relevant
Very nostalgic listen.
Lots of “hot tea” about people and events from around that amazing time in the 80s and 90s.

Cool and revealing

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Loved this. So many cool name drops and interesting relationships. Well narrated by Ione Skye herself.

Really enjoyed

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Definitely five stars for this one. An easy listen and fabulous story. Brilliant narration aswell. Never boring and plenty of good content.

Ione

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Really interesting autobiography by one of my favourite actresses. As someone just a few years younger than Ione, I grew up watching all the films with 'The Brat Pack' of which she was part, during the 80s and 90s. It was a great trip down memory lane. Sad to hear what happened to so many of her friends, lovers and colleagues regarding drugs, but funny, interesting moments too. She doesn't come across at all 'poor me' or effected, just very real. I'm glad she's found peace and happiness in life now, whilst at the same time not denying her bisexuality as so many people do once they marry, settle down, and have kids. That was refreshing! Great read if you also grew up in the 80s and 90s.

Interesting read by one of my favourite actresses

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Loved Ione in Say Anything, great to find out what her life has been like since then. I’m only a couple of years older than her, so listening to her talk about people of my generation was amazing. I was so sad when River died, so can’t even imagine how his friends and family felt. I’m Scottish, so knew of Donovan, happy that he and Ione have a relationship at last. Ione and her husband Ben look so happy together. Thank you for this memoir Ione. Loved it! ❤️

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