In Loving Frank, Mamah Cheney struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction develops 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.
This is a good book group book because it prompts discussion on many issues – Could you in the 1900’s make the decisions Mamaw, the leading character does, with regard to love, responsibility, and family? Do you condemn or condone her behavior? Women’s issues regarding family, love, friendships, travel intellect and independence are raised. It is also fascinating to learn about Frank Lloyd Wrights’s architecture style which was controversial and very forward thinking for the time period. This is a fast moving story, written beautifully and intelligently - a book which raises many questions and thoughts for the reader.
