TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbara Mujica
TI  - Frida
SN  - 9780452283039
AV  - PS3563.U386 
U1  - 813.54 
PB  - Plume
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Biographical Fiction
N2  - Narrated by Frida Kahlo's younger sister, Cristina, this haunting and powerful fictional account chronicles Kahlo's life, from a childhood shadowed by polio to the accident at eighteen that left her barren, from her marriage to larger-than-life muralist Diego Rivera through her tragic decline into alcoholism and drug abuse. Through it all, Cristina is her sister's intimate confidante - and then her bitter antagonist when she has a not-so-secret affair with Rivera.  A towering tale of love, jealousy, betrayal, and sibling rivalry played out on a teeming canvas, Frida captures the essence of a passionate, tormented, and ferociously gifted woman. It is a compelling and intensely human portrait of an artist who would become an enduring icon for generations to come.  "Vivid . . . Burns with dramatic urgency." (The New York Times Book Review)
ER  -