Say Everything
A Memoir
Ione Skye
- **INSTANT
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLERGen
- 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.**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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