Cover ArtWhen I moved from my country to the U.S., I didn't know what to expect. Patti Smith's words gave me the courage I needed to fly higher. When Patti left Philadelphia and moved to New York, she didn't have much more than hopes and dreams. Isn't that what most of us have before starting anew?
 
Publisher's description:
In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplethorpe--the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius.