Patti Smith Reveals Family Secrets in New Memoir
Music legend Patti Smith shares never-before-told family secrets in her highly anticipated memoir, Bread of Angels. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, she discusses the creation of the book and her reasons for revealing these truths now.
Background and Inspiration
Patti Smith, known as the godmother of punk, rose to fame in the 1970s with her debut album Horses and later gained literary acclaim with her National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, published in 2010. Initially, she had no plans to write another nonfiction work.
"I wrote [Just Kids] for Robert [Mapplethorpe] because he asked me to, just hours before he died. And I labored on that book for a long time, and did learn how to write a book such as that, but I hadn't planned to write another,"
Smith told PEOPLE about her close connection to the late artist and friend Robert Mapplethorpe.
The Dream that Sparked the Memoir
Her decision to write Bread of Angels came after a vivid dream she had ten years ago. In it, she received a white book tied with a white ribbon, filled with photographs of dresses she had worn throughout her life, including her wedding dress and one given to her by Robert Mapplethorpe.
"My wedding dress, the dress that Robert gave me, the white dress my brother gave me that's on the cover of Wave. And they were all attached to stories about my life, and it was such a beautiful book, and when I woke up, my hands were extended."### Author's Summary Patti Smith's new memoir, inspired by a symbolic dream, uncovers deep personal and family truths she had never shared before.
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