Just Kids

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Just Kids by Patti Smith explores the life of one of the biggest stars of her generation.

What We Say: “Service95 Book Club's Monthly Read for September 2023 is one of our favourite books of all time. Beginning as a love story, Just Kids recounts Smith’s life and friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe and their pursuit of art, and ends as a beautiful elegy. Just stunning” – Samantha de Haas

What They Say: “The most beautiful, incredible autobiography – it will make you ache for a time and a place that you probably never knew, New York in the 1970s” – Nick Hornby  

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Samantha de Haas is Creative Production Manager at Service95

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