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Loving Frank: A Novel - Hardcover By Horan, Nancy - VERY GOOD

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ISBN
0345494997
Book Title
Loving Frank
Item Length
9.5in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
Nancy Horan
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Romance / Historical / General, Literary, Biographical, Historical
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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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 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 ambitious debut 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 Cheney'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. Mamah's is an unforgettable journey marked by choices that reshape her notions of love and responsibility, leading inexorably ultimately lead to this novel's stunning conclusion. Elegantly written and remarkably rich in detail, Loving Frank is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman, a national icon, and their timeless love story. Advance praise for Loving Frank: " Loving Frank is one of those novels that takes over your life. It's mesmerizing and fascinatingfilled with complex characters, deep passions, tactile descriptions of astonishing architecture, and the colorful immediacy of daily life a hundred years agoall gathered into a story that unfolds with riveting urgency." Lauren Belfer, author of City of Light "This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention. It is engrossing, provocative reading." --Scott Turow "It takes great courage to write a novel about historical people, and in particular to give voice to someone as mythic as Frank Lloyd Wright. This beautifully written novel about Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright's love affair is vivid and intelligent, unsentimental and compassionate." --Jane Hamilton "I admire this novel, adore this novel, for so many reasons: The intelligence and lyricism of the prose. The attention to period detail. The epic proportions of this most fascinating love story. Mamah Cheney has been in my head and heart and soul since reading this book; I doubt she'll ever leave." Elizabeth Berg

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345494997
ISBN-13
9780345494993
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Loving Frank
Author
Nancy Horan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Romance / Historical / General, Literary, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3608.O725l68 2007
Reviews
Advance praise for Loving Frank "This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention. It is engrossing, provocative reading." Scott Turow "It takes great courage to write a novel about historical people, and in particular to give voice to someone as mythic as Frank Lloyd Wright. This beautifully written novel about Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright's love affair is vivid and intelligent, unsentimental and compassionate." Jane Hamilton "I admire this novel, adore this novel, for so many reasons: The intelligence and lyricism of the prose. The attention to period detail. The epic proportions of this most fascinating love story. Mamah Cheney has been in my head and heart and soul since reading this book; I doubt she'll ever leave." Elizabeth Berg "Loving Frank is one of those novels that takes over your life. It's mesmerizing and fascinatingfilled with complex characters, deep passions, tactile descriptions of astonishing architecture, and the colorful immediacy of daily life a hundred years agoall gathered into a story that unfolds with riveting urgency." Lauren Belfer, Advance praise for Loving Frank "This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention. It is engrossing, provocative reading." Scott Turow "It takes great courage to write a novel about historical people, and in particular to give voice to someone as mythic as Frank Lloyd Wright. This beautifully written novel about Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright's love affair is vivid and intelligent, unsentimental and compassionate." Jane Hamilton "I admire this novel, adore this novel, for so many reasons: The intelligence and lyricism of the prose. The attention to period detail. The epic proportions of this most fascinating love story. Mamah Cheney has been in my head and heart and soul since reading this book; I doubt she'll ever leave." Elizabeth Berg "Loving Frank is one of those novels that takes over your life. It's mesmerizing and fascinatingfilled with complex characters, deep passions, tactile descriptions of astonishing architecture, and the colorful immediacy of daily life a hundred years agoall gathered into a story that unfolds with riveting urgency." Lauren Belfer From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-014810
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
22

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    Loving Frank

    Superb research by the author and a fabulous read. This book should be made into a movie as well. Enlightening and enjoyable book, well done!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: wonderbooks

  • Deceived by Wright, Maymah's Downfall

    My decision to buy this book was motivated largely by my fascination with Frank Lloyd Wright and his influence on 20th Century architecture. Having grown up in Illinois, I was familiar with his prarie style homes and commercial buildings. The Dana Thomas home in Springfield, Il., was a particular favorite of mine, and for a few years I was a docent there. Several times I also took the walking tour of Oak Park, visiting Wright's studio, homes, and the lovely synagogue he designed. Chicago, too, has a wonderful architectural tour, showcasing Louis Sullivan's designs...Wright, of course, was hired by Sullivan and was influenced by his architectural style. It was, however, Wright's flamboyant lifestyle and charisma that attracted me to him. I had known about Maymah Cheney and her ...

  • Good title

    I first read this book several years ago and really enjoyed it. I thought of it recently and decided that I would like to read it again. I haven't started it yet but look forward to enjoying it a second time.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • Controversial figure

    Book was interesting about a famous architect and his private life and affair.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: gulfcoastllc

  • Now, do we love Frank?

    This fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright's long term love affair with a married woman covers a little known portion of Wright's life. Wright does not emerge as completely lovable, but the true protagonist of the novel is his lover. Whether the reader agrees with the choices of the main characters or not, the reader easily recognizes the turmoil, pain, and distress of the two families concerned. Without being a sentimental, tear-jerking romance, the novel is thought provoking but non judgemental. The story especially proves revealing of the mores of the early 1900's, the strictures of that society, and the prices that individuals (and their families) paid for independent lifestyles.