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Well-told story blending historical accounts and fictional details about the sensationalized relationship of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Horan allows you to delve into Mamah's psyche (as she sees how Mamah Cheney may have felt). Powerful and gripping - not a book I will soon forget.

I did not like this story. It's about a love affair and how irresponsible people can be. This woman Mamah Cheney follows her impulses and has an affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. The author implies that this was perfectly okay for them to do this and to throw away their marriages even though they have 9 children between the two of them. If Frank was my husband I would be bitterly disappointed. Mamah Cheney was an extremely irresponsible Mother leaving her children behind and when she takes off to Europe and doesn't see them for two years. I didn't finish the book.

I found this book absolutely enthralling from beginning to the end. It was quite interesting to read about a feminist in the beginning of the 1900's and her struggles with her personal decisions. It was very well written and I am interested to see what else this author will write.

If this was not a true story, you would find it hard to believe.

Shocking affair of married lovers who leave their families and run away together, shocking all the good folks in Oak Park, IL, and Chicago in early 20th Century. Similar to today, reporters chased them to Europe. Frank Lloyd Wright was a larger-than-life character. The story of his great love, Mamah Cheney, is haunting.

Beautifully written book. Great for book clubs.

I wasn't sure whether I'd like this book, but once I got started I couldn't put it down. I never knew what a complex person Frank Lloyd Wright was, nor what a mess he made of his life while producing glorious architecture. The novel is written from the standpoint of his lover/mistress who gives up everything to be with him and covers many years of their lives together.

I found this book to run a little bit on the "harlequin" side of literature. Mamah's idealism and romanticism was a little too unrealistic and sickening at times. I did enjoy the window into the era and Frank Lloyd Wright's work. The plot turn did leave me at the edge of my seat.