Loving Frank: A Novel

by Nancy Horan | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 0345495004 Global Overview for this book
Registered by waternixie of Everett, Washington USA on 3/4/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by waternixie from Everett, Washington USA on Sunday, March 4, 2012
From the recent F.O.L mini sale.

Some people in my library book group liked this, others not so much, but it seemed to stimulate strong feelings among them, so thought it would be interesting.

Journal Entry 2 by waternixie at Seattle, Washington USA on Sunday, July 22, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (7/22/2012 UTC) at Seattle, Washington USA

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In the "Gotta Get These Moving" book box.

I liked this a lot, and it will probably be on my "best reads of 2012" list.

Maybe I will go back and try to read the Fountainhead again.

Journal Entry 3 by k00kaburra at San Jose, California USA on Saturday, August 18, 2012
This book enjoyed a brief stay in San Jose, CA before continuing its journey in the "Gotta Get These Moving Bookbox"!

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a href=http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7554207>I listened to this audio book in March 2010, so I'm pasting my thoughts here:

So this audio book is an abridged version of the book Loving Frank, and frankly the chopping seemed haphazard and sloppy. It's really obvious when a scene was cut, because the narrative will suddenly jump forward several years or to a different location.

Frank Lloyd Wright's difficult and domineering personality personality shines through here; he's about as far from a perfect dream lover as you can get. He seems to care little for how his actions affect others, even claiming at one point that "Great men shouldn't be bound by rules" like normal men. He's arrogant, insufferably so. Sure, he's talented - no one denies it now - but it's hard to see what Mamah found so attractive about the man.

Her dissatisfaction with her husband is also puzzling. Edwin is attentive and devoted, and seems to give her a decent amount of freedom to do as she pleases. She, at least, felt regret for how her selfish actions affected her kids...FLW didn't. But all it took was a feminist tract that justified her actions and bam! Mamah feels better.

Oh! So Mamah is very smart. No one denies it. She has a master's degree in languages. Yet whenever it comes to a matter of taste she seems to defer to FLW. Why? Can't she trust her own judgement? I mean, the guy dropped out of school, whereas she excelled at academics. Have a little faith in your own process, woman!

Oh well. I didn't find either character compelling, and I doubt I could have sat through the full 12-disk version of this book.

Can I get a little SPOILERIFFIC here?
So, I know a little bit about Frank Lloyd Wright's life since we studied him in my Modern Art class, so I knew how this book would end. I wondered how the author would do it, since the main character's life ends in a tragic and gruesome murder. Hogan's choice to switch the narrative to Wright's POV didn't work very well, simply because the entire preceding story was from Mamah's POV. It's jarring.

Journal Entry 4 by rem_KQI-811293 at Yuma, Arizona USA on Sunday, October 21, 2012
Came to me via the "Gotta Get These Moving" bookbox, making available as it is not my cup of tea.

Journal Entry 5 by rem_KQI-811293 at AEA Federal Credit Union - Main Branch in Yuma, Arizona USA on Monday, December 10, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (12/9/2012 UTC) at AEA Federal Credit Union - Main Branch in Yuma, Arizona USA

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slowly releasing all my books as I will no longer be able to actively cross. Left this one on one of the exterior benches on a Sunday.

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