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Ballantine Books
August 2007
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Featuring: Frank Lloyd Wright; Mamah Cheney
384 pages
ISBN: 0345494997
EAN: 9780345494993
Hardcover
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Women's Fiction
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float
by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
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 develops between Mamah and
Frank, and in time, the lovers, each married with children,
embark on a course that will shock Chicago society and
forever change their lives. In this ambitious debut novel, fact and fiction blend
together brilliantly in the extraordinary story of Mamah
Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright. While scholars in
the past have considered Mamah a footnote in the study of
America’s greatest architect, author Nancy Horan brings to
life their dramatic love story, and illuminates Cheney’s
profound influence on Wright. Drawing on years of research, Horan weaves little-known
facts into a compelling narrative, and vividly portrays the
conflicts and struggles of a woman forced to choose between
the roles of mother, wife, lover, and intellectual; a woman
seeking to find her own place, her own creative calling in
the world. It is an unforgettable journey marked by choices
that reshape Mamah’s notions of love and responsibility,
and ultimately lead to the book’s stunning conclusion. Elegantly written and remarkably rich in detail, Loving
Frank is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman, a
national icon, and a timeless love.
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