▁rel ates ▁events ▁in ▁Mam ah ’ s ▁life ▁as ▁it ▁became ▁in ext ric ably ▁inter tw ined ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁Wright ▁between ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁through ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁By ▁following ▁the ▁art istic ▁asp ir ations ▁and ▁travel s ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁protagon ists , ▁the ▁novel ▁sh eds ▁light ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁m ores ▁of ▁the ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Plot ▁summary ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁opens ▁to ▁notes ▁written ▁by ▁Mam ah ▁B orth wick , ▁rem in is cing ▁on ▁her ▁life ▁and ▁express ing ▁her ▁long ing ▁to ▁tell ▁her ▁views ▁of ▁what ▁happened . ▁The ▁story ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁Mam ah ’ s ▁attend ance , ▁with ▁great ▁tre pid ation , ▁at ▁a ▁public ▁talk ▁given ▁by ▁Frank ▁Lloyd ▁Wright , ▁the ▁famous ▁architect ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Chicago . ▁The ▁author ▁tells ▁us ▁that ▁some ▁years ▁earlier , ▁Wright ▁had ▁designed ▁Mam ah ' s ▁house ▁at ▁the ▁ins istence ▁of ▁her ▁husband ▁Ed win ▁Chen ey . ▁We ▁learn ▁of ▁the ▁already ▁tum ult uous ▁and ▁inter mitt ent ▁affair ▁between ▁Wright ▁and ▁Mam ah , ▁which ▁began ▁with ▁their ▁working ▁together ▁on ▁the ▁architect ural ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁house . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁is ▁an ▁intr icate ▁analysis ▁of ▁Mam ah ' s ▁emot ional ▁tor ments ▁as ▁an ▁intellectual ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁right , ▁wife , ▁mother , ▁friend , ▁and ▁member ▁of