United Kingdom, Nov. 5 -- Patti Smith has revealed how she discovered the man who raised her was not her biological father.

The 77-year-old musician and writer, often described as the "godmother of punk," revisits her life and career in Bread of Angels, published on 4 November by Random House, saying the revelation about her dad changed her understanding of her family.

The book, which follows Patti's National Book Award-winning memoir Just Kids, traces her journey from childhood in Chicago to her years in music and motherhood.

It also includes the discovery, made through DNA testing, she was not fathered by the man she grew up calling her dad.

Speaking to People, Patti said the discovery caused her to rethink the story she had always ...