Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Language: English
Published by Random House, New York, 2025
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Seller: The Book Shed, Benson, VT, U.S.A.The Book Shed
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Signed. As New in all respects in a like priced, protected dust wrapper. Clean and unmarked. First printing, 1 stated. Signed by Ms. Smith on a tipped in page. "“God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper,” writes Patti Smith in this moving account of her life. A post–World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the child’s 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. 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 role models as she begins to write poetry then lyrics, ultimately merging both into the songs of iconic recordings such as Horses, Wave, and Easter.the one constant in a life driven by artistic freedom and the power of the imagination to transform the commonplace into the magical, and pain into hope. In the final pages, we meet Smith on the road again, the vagabond who travels to commune with herself, who lives to write and writes to live. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility.…
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- Title
- Bread of Angels: A Memoir
- Author
- Smith, Patti
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1101875127
- ISBN 13
- 9781101875124
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1 pound
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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“God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper,” writes Patti Smith in this moving account of her life. A post–World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the child’s 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.
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 role models as she begins to write poetry then lyrics, ultimately merging both into the songs of iconic recordings such as Horses, Wave, and Easter.
She leaves it all behind to marry her one true love, Fred Sonic Smith, with whom she creates a life of devotion and adventure on a canal in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Here, she invents a room of her own, a low table, a Persian cup, inkwell and pen, entering at dawn to write. The couple spend nights in their landlocked Chris-Craft studying nautical maps and charting new adventures as they start a family.
A series of profound losses mark her life. Grief and gratitude are braided through years of caring for her children, rebuilding her life and, finally, writing again—the one constant in a life driven by artistic freedom and the power of the imagination to transform the commonplace into the magical, and pain into hope. In the final pages, we meet Smith on the road again, the vagabond who travels to commune with herself, who lives to write and writes to live.
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The Book Shed, now an internet only bookshop, has been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association for over twenty-five years. We stock good, hand selected books in a wide range of subjects. Our inventory is deep in cook books, philosophy and religion, American history and literature, especially British fiction particularly the works of and about Anthony Powell and his twelve novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. Items may be purchased through the ABE website, via PayPal or by contacting us directly to arrange payment. Very occasionally additional shipping will be required for heavy items or sets most often for overseas delivery. Every effort is made to have your purchase in the US postal system within 24 hours. Tracking number and delivery estimate always provided. Please call (802) 345-3081 if you wish to use other delivery services. very effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. Like us on Facebook or you may also find us on the web at ABE Books and Biblio. We work hard to maintain a five star rating on these sites.…
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