Year of the Monkey

Following a run of New Year's concerts Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat. A profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. From the National Book Award-winning author of "Just Kids" and "M Train".