Just Kids

By Patti Smith

Categories: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs

Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her friendship and romance with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in late-1960s and 1970s New York, as the two young artists struggled, created and found their voices.

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• Emma Watson: “The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world.”
• John Green: “Sarah and I both really love The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner and we also love Just Kids by Patti Smith.”
• Dua Lipa: “This spellbinding account of NYC in the 1960s and 1970s makes me wish I could time travel. Patti's story of her evolution as an artist is as inspiring as it is exciting.”