Loving Frank is an historical novel about Mamah Borthwick Cheney and her relationship with the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a very well researched and very well written book about two not so likeable people. Wright of course is probably the best known architect of all time and is widely considered a genius. Cheney and her husband were clients of Wrights. One thing led to another and Wright and Cheny each left their spouses and children and ran off together. It causd quite a sensation at the time.

The book does a great job describing the difficulties they went through with the situation and how they perservered in their work. Wright of course designing buildings and Cheney translating the works of Ellen Key, an early day feminist.

These were two imperfect, selfish people. The times they lived in were much different also. Running off with your architect and leaving your husband and children just wasn’t very acceptable back then. The story is compelling and well written.

I give this book 3.5 stars out of 4.