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Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

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Frida

By: Hayden Herrera
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
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"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human." — San Francisco Chronicle

Hailed by readers/listeners and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky; her association with the Communist Party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle.

Here is the tumultuous life of an extraordinary twentieth-century woman.

©2022 Hayden Herrera (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Art Art & Literature Artists, Architects & Photographers Women

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The book encapsulates Freda Kahlo’s existence, raw emotion and pure genius. A wonderful rendition of her life.

A deep gripping biography of an undervalued, remarkable and extremely talented woman.

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Excellent narration
Fabulous vocabulary
What a life! Time for a piece of watermelon and a tequila

Extraordinary

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Wow what a wonderful and very detailed view of the wonderful artist Frida kahlo. So well read too.
I felt like I knew her in my heart by the end.
The narrator & author did Frida & her family proud. Thank you for telling her story so well

The detail of her life’s story

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The tone of the reader was monotonous and quite tiresome to listen to. The early 80’s narrative of the author is incredibly dated - a more contemporary version would be great, perhaps narrated by a woman

Thorough if somewhat dated biography

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