NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A radiant new memoir from artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, THE NEW YORKER
God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper, writes Patti Smith in this moving account of her life. A postWorld War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the childs world of the imagination. Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army, vanquishes bullies, communes with the king of tortoises, and searches for sacred silver pennies.