BOOK CLUB: JUST KIDS
Patti Smith's at it again with her moving memoir.
For everyone who's wanted to take a walk in Patti Smith's legendary shoes, here's your chance. In Just Kids, the iconic singer, artist and poet lets you follow every step of her journey, from her first days in New York City in the late '60s to her rise to mega-stardom.
But Smith's professional success is only a small part of the touching recollection; in many ways, this autobiography serves as a tribute to her former partner and friend, Robert Mapplethorpe, who passed away in 1989.
And despite the fact that Smith goes back decades in time, she still manages to capture the wide-eyed innocence of two artists in New York: living with Mapplethorpe in the Chelsea Hotel, trekking to Coney Island to take photographs, and the contagious excitement of the bohemian rock 'n roll era.
With Mapplethorpe's Polaroids of Smith interspersed within the prose, Just Kids is equally beautiful, heartfelt, and sad. And just like all great books, you're left wanting more when it's over.
--LIZA DARWIN
Buy it at Amazon.
But Smith's professional success is only a small part of the touching recollection; in many ways, this autobiography serves as a tribute to her former partner and friend, Robert Mapplethorpe, who passed away in 1989.
And despite the fact that Smith goes back decades in time, she still manages to capture the wide-eyed innocence of two artists in New York: living with Mapplethorpe in the Chelsea Hotel, trekking to Coney Island to take photographs, and the contagious excitement of the bohemian rock 'n roll era.
With Mapplethorpe's Polaroids of Smith interspersed within the prose, Just Kids is equally beautiful, heartfelt, and sad. And just like all great books, you're left wanting more when it's over.
--LIZA DARWIN
Buy it at Amazon.
This story was published on December 16, 2010.
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Ajuana Black
03/21/2011
I enjoy this book!
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04/27/2011
The anticlimax was the way to go, I assure you. It worked because it was so jarring. I've read fic where the anticlimax doesn't work because nothing much happened before it. In your fic, so many elements seemed to be building (the weather, the case, Harry and Perry's feelings) so it was unexpected when nothing really came to a head. Like the whole story was a near miss. But that's the way it would be, and that's the way it should be.
Elizabeth
07/05/2012
I read this book a few months ago, and it's become one of my favorite books of all-time. Patti Smith truly is a poet and writes with such beauty that it made me wish to have someone like Robert.
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