{"product_id":"the-women-by-t-c-boyle","title":"The Women by T.C. Boyle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIs it easy to live with a genius?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWright’s triumphs and defeats were always tied to the women he loved: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOlgivanna Milanoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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”; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMaude Miriam Noel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a passionate Southern belle with a mean temper and a fondness for morphine; the spirited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMamah Borthwick Cheney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, tragically murdered at Wright’s Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914; and his young first wife, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKitty Tobin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with whom he had six children.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Spine Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51381032386841,"sku":"8335385","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/8399\/1833\/files\/41zjtXPgFkL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer.jpg?v=1758217983","url":"https:\/\/thespinebookshop.com\/products\/the-women-by-t-c-boyle","provider":"The Spine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}