Loving Frank (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Mamah Borthwick Cheney: A feminist and highly educated woman, she first has an affair with Wright, then lives for many years with him.
• Frank Lloyd Wright: America's most famous architect, born in 1867 and died 1959. He called his work organic architecture.
• Edwin H. Cheney: Husband of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. He commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build them a home on Oak Park Avenue.
• Catherine L. Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright's wife.
• Martha Cheney: Daughter of Edwin Cheney and Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Younger of their two children.
• John Cheney: Son of Edwin Cheney and Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Older of their two children
• Taylor Woolley: A young architect working under Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Julian Carlton: A former porter that is working for Frank in Taliesin
• Mattie Chadbourne: Dear friend of Mamah's, whom she visits in Colorado prior to leaving the US to join Frank Lloyd Wright in Germany.
• Louise: Housekeeper in the Cheney househousd.
• Jennie Porter: Frank's sister
• Ellen Key: Swedish feminist and author that Mamah does translation work
• Anna Wright: Frank's mother
• Gertrude Carlton: Married to Julian she is a cook for at Taliesin.
• Billy Weston: Farmer that works for Frank
• Emil Brodelle: A drafter working at Taliesin
• David Lindblom: Gardner at Taliesin
• Walter Griffin: A rival of Frank's that marries Marion
• Marion Mahony: A female architect that helped translate Frank's work to the average person.
• Jessica: Niece of Mamah Borthwick.
• Dorothea Barton: Friendly neighbor near Taliesin
• Tom Brunker: Works with the barn and animals at Taliesin
• Lil: A cook at Taliesin
• Elinor Millor: The woman the Edwin eventually marries.
• John Vogelsang: Recommend that the Carlton's go work at Taliesin
• Danny Murphy: Neighbor at Taliesin
• Paul Mueller: Add a description of this character.
• Chaliapin
• Ed Waller
• Arthur Huertley
• Aunt Lizzie
• Emma Goldman
• Mamah Borthwick Cheney
• Alden Brown
• Marie Brigham
• Faust
• Jens Jensen
• Mr. Huebsch
• Herr Dorn
• Robert Herrick
• Ernst Wasmuth
• Enos
• Mr. Kuno Francke
• Marguerita
• Mrs. Alden H. Brown
• Herwarth Walden
• Ellis
• Richard
• Harriet Monroe
• Samuel Barton
• Mrs. Upton Sinclair
• George Eliot
• Josiah
• Andrew
• Frederick E. Hoskins
• John Wright
• Sherman Booth
• Darwin Martin
• Linden
• Kaiser Wilhelm
• Frau Boehm
• Ernest Weston
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Louis Sullivan
• Selma
• FRANK MUTTERED
• Ralph Seymour
• Herb Fritz
• Gerda
• Estero
• Aunt Nell
• Mrs. E. H. Cheney
• Shugio Hiromichi
• William Wright
• Mrs. Edwin Cheney
• Hedwig

Quotes edit see section history

• “"I am the trunk of a cactus. I suppose," she told him."I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for a while until I get thirsty again, It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different."”

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• I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.

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• Why is the heart that is broken considered so much more valuable than the one or the two who must cause the pain lest they themselves perish?

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• “Forgive my bluntness, but leaving a boring man for a stimulating one is only interesting for a while. In time, you are back where you started—still wanting. Better to find your own backbone, the strong thing in you.

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• “I want to talk to you today about the noblest type of love—the kind that joins the spiritual with the erotic. When both lovers yearn to become entirely one being, to free each other and to develop each other to the greatest perfection, this is the highest form of love possible between a man and a woman of the same moral and intellectual level.

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• “Take my love for granted,” he said, “and I shall do the same for you.”

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• It is not sufficient to be a mother: an oyster can be a mother. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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• “Love is moral even without legal marriage.” Ellen Key’s voice rose and broke through the sound of rustling skirts. “But marriage is immoral without love.”

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• painted in red, were the words MEMENTO VIVERE. Remember to live.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chicago: The city where Frank Lloyd Wright is known, and the majority of the book involves Chicago
• Spring Green, Wisconsin: The city near Taliesin
• Berlin: Frank and Mamah leave the United States to work on a project
• Oak Park, Illinois: Where Frank and Catherine and Mameh and Edwin lived. Suburb of Chicago.
• Fiesole, Italy: Where Frank and Mameh were happy.
• Boulder, Colorado: A friend a Mameh's lives and she goes there to think
• Paris, France: Mameh was there shortly after flooding
• Japan: Frank goes there to buy prints and supplement his income when nobody wants his architectural services
• Tallesin: Home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for Frank and Mamah. Located just outside Spring Green
• Port Huron: Where Mamah taught school and lived before marrying Edwin
• Leipzig, Sweden: Where Ellen Key was from
• Iowa: Mamah's childhood home

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• University of Michigan: Add a description of this organization.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Architecture: Describe this theme.
• Adultery
• The American Dream

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nancy Horan (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Definite adult themes, adultery, murder. But for an especially mature teenager who is interested in historical fiction, this could be a good read. It would be a good read for a young woman. There is a lot about the pligh of women in the early 20th century.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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