Introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the accident that would mark her personality and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right.

Translation of: Frida Kahlo: una biografía.

Introduction -- Frida Kahlo -- She plays alone -- Adolescence and first accident -- Pain and paintbrushes -- The elephant and the dove -- Gringolandia -- My second accident -- Leon Trotsky -- Surrealism -- Remember me -- The wounded deer -- The dream -- Interpretation of her work: a chronology -- Reinterpreting her work.