Bread Of Angels

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Patti Smith’s memoir, Bread of Angels, offers a vivid glimpse into her life as an artist, from a post-war childhood to her journey as a creative force. This intimate narrative captures her experiences, inspirations, and the deep bonds that shaped her world.

An evocative memoir tracing Patti Smith’s path from childhood imagination to artistic and personal devotion.

In Bread of Angels, Patti Smith reflects on her early years growing up in a dilapidated housing complex marked by hardship and vivid, Dickensian scenes-children battling illness, disappearing neighbors, and a rat-infested home. Amidst this backdrop, a captivating book of Irish fairytales sparks the imagination of young Patti, who leads her siblings through a world where bullies are defeated, a tortoise king is befriended, and sacred silver pennies are sought.

The memoir delves deeply into Smith’s teenage years, a time when art and romance begin to take root. Influenced by creative icons like Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan, she embarks on writing poetry and lyrics that later become legendary songs such as Horses, Easter, Dancing Barefoot, and Because the Night. Eventually, she leaves it all behind to marry Fred Sonic Smith, her true love, and together they build a life full of devotion and adventure along a canal in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

Surrounded by ancient willows and pear trees, Patti creates a personal sanctuary-a room filled with cherished items like a Moroccan silk pillow, a Persian cup, and her writing tools. The couple spends nights exploring nautical maps aboard their landlocked Chris-Craft, charting new journeys as they start a family.

Throughout the years, Smith weaves together themes of loss, grief, and gratitude as she cares for her children, rebuilds her life, and returns to writing-the unwavering center of her existence. This memoir celebrates the power of imagination to transform the ordinary into something magical and to turn pain into hope.

In the closing chapters, we find Patti once again on the road, a wandering soul who writes to live and lives to write, forever in pursuit of herself and her art.

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