Patti Smith Announces New Memoir ‘Bread of Angels’

Patti Smith‘s forthcoming memoir Bread of Angels took a decade to write, and captures “the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime,” according to the singer-songwriter.

In a statement, Smith said that with her new book she hopes “that people will find something they need.” According to a summary of the book, this will be the artist’s “most intimate” memoir yet and follows Smith through her teenage years, journey writing poetry and recording her iconic work such as Horses and Easter, and marriage to Fred “Sonic” Smith as they were embarking on “new adventures as they start their family.”

“As Smith suffers profound losses, grief and gratitude are braided through years of caring for her children, rebuilding…