The Women

A Novel

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Frank 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.

Told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, this imaginative account of Wright's raucous life blazes with Boyle's trademark wit and invention. Boyle's protean voice captures these very different women and, in doing so, creates a masterful ode to the creative life in all its complexity and grandeur.

©2009 T. Coraghessan Boyle (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"America's most imaginative contemporary novelist." ( Newsweek)

"One of the most inventive and verbally exuberant writers of his generation." ( New York Times)

“The author is a master storyteller who takes literary license but never loses sight of his subject's humanity. Narrator Grover Gardner has a deep nasal tone that, remarkably, sounds like an old radio broadcaster's voice. This fits the mood of the book perfectly since the story takes place in the 1930s.” ( AudioFile)

Novel of Frank Lloyd Wright

What did you love best about The Women?

The introduction to Frank Lloyd's Wrights work and life

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Women?

TCBoyle use of sato to narrate the story

Interesting read

The narrator was very enjoyable. I like that the story line didn't go from last to first and there were some interesting facts along the way.

Interesting but too long

Frank Lloyd’s story is great, his women quit le sophisticated, but the book could have been half the length and still been great

A deffinate yes

I was absorbed from the beginning. Though it states the writing is made up, for the most part, its hard not to feel the reality of it.

Too long

It is well written and narrated but should be cut down by a third and most of the women characters were so negative that it became a chore to listen to sometimes