Documenting the life of an extraordinarily talented musician and writer, Bread of Angels – Patti Smith’s latest memoir, published at the age of 78 – further charts a life filled with genius, creativity, adversity and tragedy.
“It took a decade to write this book, grappling with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime,” she wrote. “I’m hoping that people will find something they need.”
Bread of Angels follows on from Just Kids (which details her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe), M Train (which focuses on her life with her husband Fred “Sonic” Smith), and Year of the Monkey (written after a year of travelling in 2016, examining loss and ageing).
