Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe arrive in New York as penniless artists and become each other's first love, greatest audience, and lifelong devotion.
About This Book
Patti's Smith's exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-color edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, Just Kids. New York locations vividly come to life where, as young artists, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met and fell in love: a first apartment in Brooklyn, Times Square with John and Yoko's iconic billboard, Max's Kansas City, or the gritty fire escape of the Hotel Chelsea.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to feel something deeply, books that stay with you long after the last page. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. The pacing is balanced, time to breathe between moments that matter. If you prefer to read at arm's length, this one may get too close.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something moving and emotionally resonant, and a read that's balanced and absorbing.
What It Explores
Just Kids explores love in its most complicated forms, identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, and growing up and what gets lost in the process.
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