Loving Frank
Registered by sillygwailo of Toronto, Ontario Canada on 1/16/2022
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I started reading this as part of a book club in Vancouver, set it aside, moved to Toronto, found it in a Florida book store, and finished reading it in January 2022.
Released at the Toronto BookCrossing meetup at Harbord House.
Historical fiction is second favourite genre. Thank you so much for bringing this
sillygwailo.
Historical fiction is second favourite genre. Thank you so much for bringing this
sillygwailo.
sillygwailo.
Historical fiction is second favourite genre. Thank you so much for bringing this
sillygwailo.
Although this is a fictionalized version of the affair between Maymah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright, I felt as if I was reading a memoir. It was a bit over the top with its flowery prose in parts but in others it was so strong in describing Maymah's torment over her children.
At times I felt like both Maymah and Frank were insufferable, selfish and self-absorbed. They wanted their cake and to eat it too. The saving grace for me, for Maymah was her passion about anything she loved; her children, Frank, her writing and her feminism. My heart broke for her children and as a mother, I can't even imagine what it would have been like to leave my young children for over a year - for any reason. It took me a long time to warm to Frank and when the novel ended I still feel like he was too arrogant and too full of himself to deserve Maymah.
Saying that, neither of them deserved the end.
Thanks for bringing this to the meetup Sillygwailo. I am going to Buffalo in a few weeks and I might just see if I can find a FLW house and leave this nearby.
At times I felt like both Maymah and Frank were insufferable, selfish and self-absorbed. They wanted their cake and to eat it too. The saving grace for me, for Maymah was her passion about anything she loved; her children, Frank, her writing and her feminism. My heart broke for her children and as a mother, I can't even imagine what it would have been like to leave my young children for over a year - for any reason. It took me a long time to warm to Frank and when the novel ended I still feel like he was too arrogant and too full of himself to deserve Maymah.
Saying that, neither of them deserved the end.
Thanks for bringing this to the meetup Sillygwailo. I am going to Buffalo in a few weeks and I might just see if I can find a FLW house and leave this nearby.
Journal Entry 5 by 
cestmoi
at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House in Buffalo, New York USA on Friday, September 15, 2023
cestmoi at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House in Buffalo, New York USA on Friday, September 15, 2023
Released 7 mos ago (9/15/2023 UTC) at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House in Buffalo, New York USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left outside the Visitor's Center. Congratulations, you have picked up a travelling book!
If you have a moment, we'd love you to let us know you have the book as we're keen to follow its journey. You can even post a review when you've read it before passing it on to the next lucky person or if you love it, it's yours to keep!
Happy reading!
Not sure what to do? Follow these steps!
1) You may continue as an Anonymous Finder. Or, Register as a member , then you too will receive future journal entries on this book and track its journey around the world!
2) Make a journal entry on this book to let us know how you found it!
3) If you choose to read the book, please make another journal entry when you finish it to let us know what you thought!
4) Ready to pass the book on? Click on "make release notes" to let us know where it's going! Leave the book in a public place or give it to a friend!
