Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Bread Of Angels by Patti Smith is her latest memoir, tracing her life through love, life, and loss.
What We Say: “In Bread of Angels, the legend that is Patti Smith (the author of Dua’s Monthly Read for September 2023, Just Kids) opens another chapter of her extraordinary life – a moving, down-to-earth reflection on art, love, loss and imagination. She looks back on her postwar childhood in a crumbling housing complex, her early creative spark fuelled by Rimbaud and Dylan, and the love she shared with her husband Fred Sonic Smith. After losing Fred, her brother Tod, and her best friend Robert Mapplethorpe within a few short years, she writes about her path through grief, turning everyday moments into something quietly sacred and unforgettable. It’s just beautiful.” – Samantha de Haas
What They Say: “If Just Kids is about innocence and ambition, Bread of Angels — a sister to that book… deals with the more painful realities of experience.” – Amy Weiss-Meyer
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