{"product_id":"9781408832301-woolgathering","title":"Woolgathering","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eJust Kids \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poet of distinction' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Glorious' \u003c\/b\u003eNPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rare and ferocious' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shockingly beautiful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from my strange torpor and I hope that in some measure it will fill the reader with a vague and curious joy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this small, luminous memoir, the National Book Award-winner Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years, with truths so vivid they border on the surreal. The author entwines her childhood self - and its 'clear, unspeakable joy' - with memories both real and envisioned from her twenties on New York's MacDougal Street, the street of cafés. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoolgathering \u003c\/i\u003ewas completed in Michigan, on Patti Smith's 45th birthday and originally published in a slim volume from Raymond Foye's Hanuman Books. Twenty years later, Bloomsbury is proud to present it in a much augmented edition, featuring writing that was omitted from the book's first printing, along with new photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449749614966,"sku":"9781408832301","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27128183.jpg?v=1760446635","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408832301-woolgathering","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}