Leave 'Em Hungry: A Love Story and Cautionary Tale

As a young artist, author Rosalinda Kolb fell under the indelible spell of charismatic jazz saxophonist--and confirmed heroin addict--Frank Morgan. Her subsequent three-decade, obsessive odyssey--their life together and apart--might be best explained by a line from Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It, which states that: "We may love completely without complete understanding."

Set against the everyday ethereal backdrop of Kolb's art making and Morgan's music making, the true story at the heart of Leave 'Em Hungry rings with both joy and pain, as if fulfilling author Bernard Malamud's prophecy that life, indeed, is a tragedy full of comedy.