Ione Skye is a British-born, American actress who made her film debut in River’s Edge then hit fame by starring in Cameron Crow’s Say Anything. She was in Wayne’s World, Arrested Development, and a ton of other film and tv productions. Say Everything is her second book.
One of the early nepo-babies, before that was a term, Ione Skye is the daughter of folk legend Donovan Leitch and model Enid Karl. Her brother is “Dono” Leitch, a musician and actor, who also modelled in the famous black and white CK ads of the 1990s and later married (then divorced) Kirsty Hume. Ione starred with John Cusack, Matthew Perry, Madonna, and Keanu Reeves, plus she was friends with River Phoenix, Robert Downey Jr., the Zappa family, and Mick Jagger’s daughter Karis—and there are lots of stories and details about hanging out with these fine folks. Ione also dated the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s frontman Anthony Kiedis (there was quite an age gap, and he was on quite a lot of heroine) then later Adam Horowitz of The Beastie Boys. You might think this is a name dropping exercise but the audiobook is narrated by Ione Skye and it’s like hanging out with a celebrity who knows everyone you had a poster of in high school.
This is a memoir about coming-of-age in the 1980s and 90s, surrounded by drugs and music, friends with absent fathers, insecurities, and a lot of money. It also feels kind of lucky that Ione Skye made it to functional adulthood. I had a lot of fun listening to this one.