{"product_id":"frida-kahlo-and-my-left-leg","title":"Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmily Rapp Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover | 11.89 x 1.3 x 18.97 cm | 156 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNotting Hill Editions | 2021 | 9781912559268\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-bestselling author \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eEmily Rapp Black here offers a\u003c\/span\u003e personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt first sight of Kahlo’s painting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Two Fridas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Emily Rapp Black felt an instant connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew up with a succession of prosthetic limbs, and learned that she had to hide her disability from the world. Kahlo sustained lifelong injuries after a horrific bus crash and her right leg was eventually amputated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Kahlo’s art, Rapp Black recognised her own life, from the numerous operations to the  compulsion to create to silence pain. Here she tells her story of losing her infant son to the r\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eare fatal genetic disorder Tay-Sachs, giving birth to a daughter, and learning to accept her body. She writes of how Frida Kahlo inspired her to find a way forward when all seemed lost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294253072642,"sku":"BK-NHE-FKMLL-001-M","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_0844_17b4772a-c89f-4e7e-9074-e115f8a524a9.jpg?v=1774964656","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/frida-kahlo-and-my-left-leg","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}