Selected Product: | Loving Frank Audiobook, M Edition: MP3 Una Author: Nancy Horan Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Release Date: 2007-08-07 ISBN-10: 1423332881 ISBN-13: 9781423332886 List Price: $24.95 Average Customer Rating: | | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ISBN-10: 0385340990 ISBN-13: 9780385340991 List Price:$22.00 Away: A Novel ISBN-10: 0812977793 ISBN-13: 9780812977790 List Price:$14.00 The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel (P.S.) ISBN-10: 0060825316 ISBN-13: 9780060825317 List Price:$13.95 The Senator's Wife ISBN-10: 0307264203 ISBN-13: 9780307264206 List Price:$24.95 Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders ISBN-10: 0299222101 ISBN-13: 9780299222109 List Price:$29.95 |
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So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives.
In this groundbreaking historical novel, fact and fiction blend together brilliantly. While scholars have largely relegated Mamah to a footnote in the life of America’s greatest architect, author Nancy Horan gives full weight to their dramatic love story and illuminates Mamah’s profound influence on Wright.
Drawing on years of research, Horan weaves little-known facts into a compelling narrative, vividly portraying the conflicts and struggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of mother, wife, lover, and intellectual. Horan’s Mamah is a woman seeking to find her own place, her own creative calling in the world, and her unforgettable journey, marked by choices that reshape her notions of love and responsibility, leads inexorably to this novel’s stunning conclusion. very good and interesting | Customer Rating: | Very good book. I would have been more connected to it if there was deeper character development. It gave good insight into the views of marriage and women in the early 1900s as well as the early career of Frank Lloyd Wright. Mamah and Frank were two people who lived before their times. The decisions that Mamah made were extremely difficult and I'm not sure what I would have done. I very much believe in being in a true, fulfilling, passionate relationship, but having to achieve that at the expense of your children... not so sure. I want to read more about FLW because although he was brilliant and very compelling he seemed like a real narcissist!! I mean, he was FLW, but everything was definitely about him! But I definitely enjoyed the book and it's definitely worth reading--especially if you like learning while reading fiction which is my favorite. | Well written, but too long | Customer Rating: | | This book is an interesting story that gives the reader a bit to think about concerning the actual and fascinating lives of these two people. It is well written, and in fact, some passages are stunning. However, its pace often slows to a limp, and I felt as though it should have been concluded in half the number of pages. | Beautifully Written...Thought Provoking | Customer Rating: | | I devoured this book. The prose is gorgeous. The story is both controversial and thought provoking. Even by today's standards, it is a story that will have many wagging their tongues. Yet, I came to sympathize and care deeply about the main characters, even if I didn't always agree with the decisions they made. It provoked me to think about women's roles and choices, and how far we've come. After finishing the novel, I felt touched, wiser, and fulfilled having read it. It is now one of my all time favorite books. | Loving Frank | Customer Rating: | | Interesting and well written, but it helps to remember that this is a work of fiction since some of the events stretch credulity. | Choices and consequences | Customer Rating: | Loving Frank by Nancy Horan is, in its simplest form, about a woman with deep emotional struggles set in the backdrop of the early nineteen hundreds. But this novel is anything but simple. This is the story of Mamah Borthwick Cheney who had to make tough choices in an effort to follow what her heart was feeling and about the high price she had to pay.
At this point I needn't tell you that this story isn't about the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but about the sordid details of the affair and the way the tabloid blew this relationship way out of proportion. It's funny when you think about it, really. Today, nearly one hundred years after the event the media still craves the blood of celebrities who make similar decisions.
If there is anything bad to say about this novel (and I'm reaching here) is the book takes a few chapters to get the steam engine going. Bud like I said, that's really stretching. Nancy Horan does an exquisite job in bringing this story to life. You'll find yourself sympathizing with Mamah Borthwick Cheney as her love for Mr. Wright tears apart this seemingly love stricken woman. From the inspiring choice by one family and the consequences that resulted this is a must read for all fans of true love.
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