Patti Smith

A sharp, elegiac and finely crafted tribute to their childlike, pre-fame romance, set against the thrilling back drop of New York's countercultural blast — Sunday Times More…

A profoundly lyrical, digressive mapping of her fame-and-family decades ... This third memoir finds Smith unhomed, at times almost unhinged, as she does her utmost to ward off those Beaten Generation... — MOJO More…

A profoundly lyrical, digressive mapping of her fame-and-family decades ... This third memoir finds Smith unhomed, at times almost unhinged, as she does her utmost to ward off those Beaten Generation... — MOJO More…

Smith pares down her prose to a state of vivid impressionism, so enigmatic that even ordinary acts - preparing mint tea, nodding off while sewing - take on spiritual weight ... The passages... — The Observer More…

Profoundly beautiful, poetic in its prose and metaphysical in its meaning ... A stunning read — Financial Times More…