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** spoiler alert ** The jacket and blurbs pay just homage to the author for her research and compelling narrative, of this love story of "epic proportions" in the fast-changing turn of the century. I learned so much about the the iconic architect, with plenty of detail to support both his gifts, his "inscrutable, discordant elements" but even more about this amazing woman who chose to go beyond convention in so many ways.

The choice of the title deepens as the reader progresses through this gripping story of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney. What does it take to love an eccentric genius? I had no knowledge about Mamah and found this novel thrilling both in the details of the biography of this unique, ground-breaking feminist, and understanding a personal side to this revolutionary architect. The book speeds along revealing the conflicts, struggles and obstacles they each face, and one senses a vivid presence of both in their devotion to each other and understanding of the importance of their individual "authenticity" in pursuing what brings passionate meaning to their lives.

I had no idea of the tragedy at Taliesin. So much of the third part centers about this place whose name means "Truth Against the World." I cannot see the word without thinking of how integral Mamah's role played a part in its creation.