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A Love Letter from a Stray Moon

by Jay Griffiths · 2011

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In this fictional tour de force Jay Griffiths, author of the acclaimed Wild, creates a portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo—her devastating accident and her love for Diego Rivera—that is also a celebration of the spirit of poetry and the art of rebellion.

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2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 128 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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