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Loving Frank beginnings in 1903 when Mahma and Edwin Cheney commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a new home for them. During the construction Mahma and Frank discover an attraction for each other and in time begin a scandalous affair. This affair is followed until 1914, the year ending in tragedy The majority of the book is of the two lovers rodavoing in Europe while their families suffer though the tabloids of the scandal at home. Even though Frank Wright and Mahma Cheney were well developed characters I couldn't find any redeeming qualities in either one. Why would anyone pick up and leave their spouse and children? Both Frank and Mahma were extremely selfish and self absorbed with each other, just not very likable. The ending was fantastically spellbinding, Mahma fires Frank's employee, Julian Carlton because she thought he just didn't fit in; unfortunately he turned out to be a psycho path. On August 15, 1914 Taliesin, the home Frank Loyd Wright built for himself and his mistress, Mahma Cheney in Spring Green, Wisconsin. In a wild rage Julian set fire to Taliesin and attacked those trying to escape with an axe, this includes Mahma and her two children Martha and John. After reading the novel I got on the internet to research the Tailiesin murders as I had never heard of them before and didn't know anything about Frank Lloyd Wright to begin with and was astonished to find how historically correct the novel was. Also, on a personal note, my favorite movie is All About Eve starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. After doing further research on the architect I found that Anne Baxter is his granddaughter; Anne's mother, Elizabeth was Frank Loyd Wright's daughter from his first marriage.

2023-07-09 23:44