Friday, August 6, 2010


We all have some notion of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. I even visited the gas station he designed in Cloquet, MN. I suspect many of you have been to his house in Wisconsin. He has a grand exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Well this is about the woman who loved Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a personal story told through her eyes and heart. There is much about the art and the talent and inspirations. But there is also much about two people. One who is very much in love and make decisions that cause great pain to her family and herself.
It is a story about the women's movement and the situations about women at the turn of the century. The struggle to vote, to receive equal treatment, compensation and respect. Perhaps this same women 40 years later would not have made the same decisions nor felt that she had no choice. Do the times make the person? Are there rules and conditions that we accept due to society or custom that are modified through the ages? Are that moral rules that are constant?
I found the book interesting and very readable. Some of the times are familiar enough to make one feel comfortable but then challenged because we are at a different time. Challenged because the story asks some difficult questions about love and responsibility.
What happens to our lives and our believes as we move through college, start that career, strive to be successful, work hard to make a difference. Do the people around us change as we change our position or knowledge or discover our talent? The book offers the questions but allows you to resolve the issues.

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