Just Kids

　　A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of twoyoung artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passionfueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meetingbetween two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendshipthat would carry each to international success never dreamed of.The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City,Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the wholecity resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musiciansand artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg,Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was aheightened time politically and culturally; the art and musicworlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kidsmade a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic,committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other withfaith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cousand lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as anelegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of twoyoung artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. Andan unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlersand hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingersnear.