Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Discussion Prompts‪)‬

Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith


Year of the Monkey is a 2019 memoir written by Patti Smith. The story is set during the year 2016 and how that year was challenging for her. The book is primarily about Smith's inner life in her 70s. It also includes her narration of when she made hospital visits to her dying friends' playwright, Sam Shepard, and journalist-producer Sandy Pearlman. The memoir contains her thoughts about the rise of populism and the dirtiness of the election battle.

Patti Smith's Year of the Monkey was published on September 24, 2019, by Knopf. It became a New York Times bestseller after its release.


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