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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
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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 Americaβs greatest architect, author Nancy Horan brings to life their dramatic love story, and illuminates Cheneyβs 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 Mamahβs notions of love and responsibility, and ultimately lead to the bookβs 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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