Just Kids
by Patti Smith
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“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
Source →Recommended by 9 notable people, including Frank Chimero and Seth Godin
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Recommended by 12 sources and appears in About New York City, Art, and Most Recommended Books.
"Patti Smith has graced us with a poetic masterpiece, a rare and privileged invitation to unlatch a treasure chest never before breached." Johnny DeppIt was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would e...
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“Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | Books You Should Read: Clothes, Clothes, Clothes... by Viv Albertine Le Freak by Nile Rodgers Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Just Kids by Patti Smith Life by Keith Richards Black By Design: A 2Tone Memoir by Pauline Black Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis | I finished it in one sitting, then wept. It's that good. | It is not going to change the way you do business but it might change the way you live. | The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful”
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