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...