Nancy Horan's provocative and moving debut novel, Loving Frank, examines an era in architect Frank Lloyd Wright's career that is rarely considered, even by the the most avid followers of his Prairie School.
When our Borders book club sat down to discuss the book, we were surprised by what we discovered: that every single person in the group had a passionately strong viewpoint on Wright's love affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Perhaps most surprising, though, was how viscerally readers responded to Cheney's decision to choose her love of Wright over her own family.
Was it a desperate act of self-preservation? If not, what could cause a woman to leave her own children for another man? These questions came up, and we thought we'd take the conversation to Gather. Read an Excerpt or watch our book club episode and let us know your thoughts.
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Sometimes these two forces of human nature -- love and obligation -- come at odds, and the consequences can result in sacrifice and heartache.
I applaud Mamah for her bravery, for facing a very stern jury of contemporaries. And I applaud Nancy Horan for taking on the subject without offering an oversimplification of the heart's struggles.
Horan grapples with issues of gender and the roles of a woman and, especially, the very nature of love in this book.
Would love to hear what the rest of you think!