Woolgathering HC

Everything 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... In 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 cafes. Woolgathering was 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.