Book of the Week - Just Kids
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir of her life in New York in the late 1960s and 1970s
Book of the Week - Just Kids - Episode 1
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir of her life in New York in the late 1960s. In 1966 Patti is living in South Jersey with her family and seems destined to become a teacher.
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Book of the Week - Just Kids - Episode 2
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir. In 1967 Patti is hungry, homeless and penniless, until a chance encounter in a bookstore changes her life for ever.
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Book of the Week - Just Kids - Episode 3
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir. In 1969, Patti and Robert Mapplethorpe have moved to the Chelsea Hotel, Brooklyn - a magnet for artists, writers and musicians.
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Book of the Week - Just Kids - Episode 4
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir. In 1975 Patti recorded her debut album Horses. It's a landmark in rock music - but the cover is just as iconic.
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Book of the Week - Just Kids - Episode 5
Patti Smith reads from her new memoir. In 1986, Patti is living with her husband and son in Detroit when she hears bad news about Robert Mapplethorpe.
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