Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb of Chicago. Mamah Borthwick Cheney lives there with her husband, children, sister, and her niece. She and Edwin moved into her family home when they were married, but Edwin wants a place of his own where there is no clutter. He convinces Mamah to have a house built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright lives and works from his home in Oak Park. He builds homes that are influenced by nature. It is a small community so that keeping an affair secret is not easy to do. Mamah feels stifled by her life in Oak Park. She dreams of bigger things and Frank encourages these dreams. Oak Park is the beginning of Mamah and Frank's relationship. They meet each other at a time when each is searching for something more in life.

Berlin, Germany

Mamah and Frank go to...