Just Kids Patti Smith #1 New York Times Bestseller

Just Kids is Patti Smith's bestselling memoir of her life and art in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s. The story begins in 1967, when she first met Robert Mapplethorpe, a fellow artist from a small town in Pennsylvania. This is their story of a friendship that defied categorization, of love, work, and sacrifice, of the life and art that blossomed in those legendary years as they met and forged friendships with a generation of artists and musicians, from Janis Joplin to Lou Reed and Andy Warhol. A National Book Award winner, Just Kids is a captivating and honest account of two young artists coming of age in a city on the verge of explosion, and it tells the story of the transformative years in Patti Smith's life, including the early days of her musical career and the emergence of her singular style.