Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

The woman is Mamah Borthwick Cheney; the man is the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They each left a spouse and children to pursue the love affair that scandalized Chicago in 1909. In this first novel, Nancy Horan sticks as close to actual facts as she can, but imagines the situation from the point of view of Mamah. Loving Frank is a good read that generated much discussion and many points of view at our book club meeting. A few members couldn't get over the fact that Mamah chose romantic love over being with her children. But some of us saw an overarching theme of the conflict between the need for personal fulfillment versus commitment to family. All of us felt that the story was tragic.