Audio Book Description:
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it floatby. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah BorthwickCheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestinelove affair withFrank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin,had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed betweenMamah and Frank, and in time the lovers,each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago societyand forever change theirlives. In this groundbreaking historicalnovel, fact and fictionblend together brilliantly. While scholars have largelyrelegated Mamah to a footnotein the life of America`s greatest architect, author NancyHoran gives full weight wo their dramatic love story and illuminates Mamah`s profoundinfluence on Wright. Drawing onyears of research, Horan weaves little-known facts into a compelling narrative, vividlyportraying the conflicts andstruggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of mother, wife, lover, and intellectual. Horan`s Mamah is a woman seeking to find her ownplace, her own creative callingin the world, and her unforgettable journey, marked by choices that reshape her notionsof love and responsibility,leads inexorably to this novel`s stunning conclusion.
