{"product_id":"the-women-9780143116479","title":"The Women","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A \"riveting\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"wonderfully entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) account of Frank Lloyd Wright's life, told through the experiences of the four women who loved him.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Boyle handles the big themes--Wright the genius battling an uncomprehending, philistine world and Wright the man loving and loathing his women--with extraordinary brio.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs it easy to live with a genius?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Lloyd Wright's life was one long, howling struggle against the bonds of convention, whether aesthetic, social, moral, or romantic. He never did what was expected, and he never let anything get in the way of his larger-than-life appetites and visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWright's triumphs and defeats were always tied to the women he loved: \u003cb\u003eOlgivanna Milanoff\u003c\/b\u003e, an imperious Montenegrin beauty who was a student of the Russian mystic Gurdjieff and was known by Wright's apprentices as \"the Dragon Lady\"; \u003cb\u003eMaude Miriam Noel\u003c\/b\u003e, a passionate Southern belle with a mean temper and a fondness for morphine; the spirited \u003cb\u003eMamah Borthwick Cheney\u003c\/b\u003e, tragically murdered at Wright's Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914; and his young first wife, \u003cb\u003eKitty Tobin\u003c\/b\u003e, with whom he had six children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eT.C. Boyle deftly captures these very different women and, in doing so, creates a sexy, gripping drama about marriage, the bargains men and women make, and the privileges and pitfalls of genius and fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eT.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the late 1970s, he has published sixteen novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Harder They Come\u003c\/i\u003e, and ten collections of short stories. He won the PEN\/Faulkner award in 1988 for his novel \u003ci\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Prix Médicis étranger for \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e in 1995; his 2003 novel \u003ci\u003eDrop City\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. His honors include the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, the Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing, and the Rea Award for the Short Story. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Santa Barbara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643230916882,"sku":"9780143116479","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52700521-5772-4b48-8bf5-bb91dd9b4add.jpg?v=1733080990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-women-9780143116479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}