{"product_id":"say-everything-a-memoir-9781668048269","title":"Say Everything: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eGen 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eSay Anything\u003c\/i\u003e. While Skye seemed perfectly typecast as an aloof valedictorian, she was anything but. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeserted 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against a backdrop of rock royalty compounds, supermodel cliques, and classic late-century films like \u003ci\u003eRiver's Edge, Gas Food Lodging\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWayne's World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Say Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride of Hollywood thrills as well as a lyrical reflection on ambition, intimacy, and a messy, sexy, unconventional life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ione Skye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668048269","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397970231433,"sku":"9781668048269","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1990452b-f8b5-4b65-a3a7-cdfe2124ff1a.jpg?v=1740471892","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/say-everything-a-memoir-9781668048269","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}