A review by lauren_mccune
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
3.0
I went to Arizona this summer with my family, and we happened to stop by Frank Lloyd Wright's residence/artist community there - Taliesin West. I don't know why I had never been interested in his work previous to that hot August afternoon, but maybe it's a combination of living in a city that has a large percentage of bungalows in it has a population that is interested in design & architecture...maybe? But I was deeply moved by what I saw and when I came across this book, I was even more intrigued.
Turns out that Frank Lloyd Wright found his soul mate in feminist/writer/translator Mamah Bothwick, a client of his in Oak Park, Ill. This book is a piece of historical fiction - based on newspaper clippings, a few letters and general research about Bothwick & Lloyd Wright's.
I began this book interested in Lloyd Wright's story, but soon became much more invested in Mamah and the novel's take on love, feminism and cultural ideas.
Turns out that Frank Lloyd Wright found his soul mate in feminist/writer/translator Mamah Bothwick, a client of his in Oak Park, Ill. This book is a piece of historical fiction - based on newspaper clippings, a few letters and general research about Bothwick & Lloyd Wright's.
I began this book interested in Lloyd Wright's story, but soon became much more invested in Mamah and the novel's take on love, feminism and cultural ideas.