{"product_id":"just-kids-patti-smith-9780066211312","title":"Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust Kids \u003c\/em\u003ebegins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patti Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 006621131X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780066211312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.22w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2009 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2010 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2010 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2010 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2010 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2010 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2010 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2010 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/27\/2010 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2011 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2010 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2010 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2012 pg. 16","brand":"Patti Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042798661887,"sku":"9780066211312","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08066c4e-a779-4e51-ba2f-7b142cbc2724.jpg?v=1684963602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-kids-patti-smith-9780066211312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}