Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (2007, Hardcover)

This fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright's long term love affair with a married woman covers a little known portion of Wright's life. Wright does not emerge as completely lovable, but the true protagonist of the novel is his lover. Whether the reader agrees with the choices of the main characters or not, the reader easily recognizes the turmoil, pain, and distress of the two families concerned. Without being a sentimental, tear-jerking romance, the novel is thought provoking but non judgemental. The story especially proves revealing of the mores of the early 1900's, the strictures of that society, and the prices that individuals (and their families) paid for independent lifestyles.