Loving Frank @ richardeward.com

Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
from Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Good Read and discussion
  The book is a well written historical novel. Although it is fictional, the story appears to be thoroughly researched and documented. Based on this documentation, including letters, newspaper articles, etc., the author presents an intimate picture of Wright's relationship with his Soul Mate, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Wright is so passionate and focused on his work and career success, that it is surprising to see how much he cares for Mamah.
  This account of the lives of two intelligent and very conscious... more info

• Unlikable characters
  I felt the author wanted me to sympathize with Mamah, but I just couldn't. She was completely spoiled and selfish. She wanted to live her life the way she wanted with no consequences for her actions and choices. She CHOSE to marry Edwin, and not as a young, just-out-of-high school girl, but as a woman of 30. By that time she should have had more of an idea of what she wanted from life. Rather than deal with her choice, she abandoned him and her two children. He had done nothing to her - he wasn't abusive,... more info

• Disappointing
  I really looked forward to reading this, love all things FLW. It was a real struggle to finish it, should have quit about 1/4 of the way through. Very little emotional character development and there's a lot to draw from.
  The end was particularly disturbing and although final for obvious reasons, very anticlimatic.

• Interesting fictionalized bio
  I did not know the background of Frank Lloyd Wright's life so this book read like a pleasant romantic novel. I had been told that it had a startling ending. At one point, I put it down for the day and said to my friend, "I don't get it. I'm enjoying the book but I'm almost finished and life is going along so well for everyone. What could possibly be the 'startling ending'?" The next day, I turned the page and ohmygawd. What an ending. If you don't know the history of Wright, just read the book. Knowing that... more info

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