Carole O. (gatorgumbogirl) reviewed on + 28 more book reviews
I liked this book a lot. Had a hard time putting it down. Mamah Borthwick Cheney as the lead player in this story, is a wonderful character study with great depth and passion for truth, love and freedom, particularly woman's freedom in the world. It's also the story of her longtime love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright, an affair that certainly had its ups and downs yet was saddled with the restraints of her century's ideas about women and marriage.
More than a story about Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick's love affair, it is one woman's journey through life's twists and turns in life during the last century......in light of loving Frank. Fiction based on some facts, the book kept me interested from many angles; a woman's life during this era, Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas about art and architecture, their love story and how society viewed this scandal and also the growth of Mamah's wisdom and world views. And yet, the ending was such a surprise and developed so quickly that it seemed like a post script. That was unsettling for me.
More than a story about Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick's love affair, it is one woman's journey through life's twists and turns in life during the last century......in light of loving Frank. Fiction based on some facts, the book kept me interested from many angles; a woman's life during this era, Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas about art and architecture, their love story and how society viewed this scandal and also the growth of Mamah's wisdom and world views. And yet, the ending was such a surprise and developed so quickly that it seemed like a post script. That was unsettling for me.
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