The Queen's gambit
Kentucky
Addiction
Éxito
Russia
Chess
Fiction, women
Coming of age
Fiction, coming of age
Alcoholism
Sex
Fiction, psychological
Fiction, suspense
Fiction, thrillers, suspense
New York Times bestseller
Fiction, general
Fiction
Beth Harmon, an orphan by eight years old, is unremarkable. She is plain and she knows it. In the Kentucky orphanage, she hordes the tranquilizers handed to the children daily to quell the ache of dullness and routine. A formidable math student, she is allowed to clean the blackboard erasers in t…
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