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A review by mariakureads
Frida: Una Biografia de Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Wow... This book was heavily detailed, rich and colorful like the paintings Kahlo was known for.
Filled with history, of the era, art, and the woman herself, this edition is by far the most detailed book of Kahlo I've ever encountered. Hours worth of journal entries from herself as well Diego, letters written by her and to her, articles, and interviews highlight Kahlo and show her as this majestic, larger than life, exotic and fiery individual who captivated so many.
Her body wracked with pain since a child, would be her own roadblock time and time again, but she kept going. She kept defying people's expectations of her as well as her own, to be the person she was and this book provided so many faces of her to me that I don't think I really knew.
This audiobook, which I choose to listen to in Spanish, I can't describe it but made her come alive again. This woman I know OF but have never met, was during the 20+ hrs, as real to me as my own family; bright and vivacious, loud and soft spoken, strong and obsessive, passionate as well as bitter and dull from the pain in her later years.
Filled with history, of the era, art, and the woman herself, this edition is by far the most detailed book of Kahlo I've ever encountered. Hours worth of journal entries from herself as well Diego, letters written by her and to her, articles, and interviews highlight Kahlo and show her as this majestic, larger than life, exotic and fiery individual who captivated so many.
Her body wracked with pain since a child, would be her own roadblock time and time again, but she kept going. She kept defying people's expectations of her as well as her own, to be the person she was and this book provided so many faces of her to me that I don't think I really knew.
This audiobook, which I choose to listen to in Spanish, I can't describe it but made her come alive again. This woman I know OF but have never met, was during the 20+ hrs, as real to me as my own family; bright and vivacious, loud and soft spoken, strong and obsessive, passionate as well as bitter and dull from the pain in her later years.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Car accident
Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage