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Bread of angles

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God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper, writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist. A post-Second World War childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail: consumptive children, vanishing neighbours, an infested rat house, and a beguiling book of Irish fairytales. We enter the child's world of the imagination where Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army, vanquishes bullies, communes with the king of tortoises and searches for sacred silver pennies.

The most intimate of Smith's memoirs, Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years where the first glimmers of art and romance take hold. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative heroes and role models as Patti starts to write poetry, then lyrics, merging both into the iconic songs and recordings such as Horses and Easter, 'Dancing Barefoot' and 'Because the Night'.

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Series Title

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Call Number

808 SMI b

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury Publishing., 2025

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781408867730

Classification

800

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Memoir
Non Fiction

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Statement of Responsibility

Patti Smith

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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