false 898885 0345494997 9780345494993 11051 3281 Loving Frank http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179285637m/898885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898885.Loving_Frank 460979 Nancy Horan 11648 3491 3 11 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 16:28:32 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 07:25:44 -0800 2007 Frank and Mamah possessed incredible genius, intelligence and the drive to accomplish something noble. My favorite Frank Lloyd Wright House is the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois and proclaimed by the former Ill Governor, Jim Thompson, to be “the finest example of the creative and uniqueness characteristic of the Prairie School of Architecture.” Mamah’s quest to achieve advancement in “the woman movement” as she termed it, was very admirable and seemingly so ahead of her time. I was anticipating her breakthrough and was willing to relish her success yet my interest in her as a person waned as her character flaws inexorably mounted one upon the other.
The story near the end of the book crashes with a startling and unexpected twist; I did not see it coming. Nancy Horan’s effort is a commendable mix of fact and fiction and fills in the blanks of a story that is typically unknown.
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