The Queen's Gambit Focus Bundle and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are

and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons

” (Megan Majumdar

and four complete strangers

In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history

and follows her dream

The Queen's Gambit Focus Bundle and the no-longer-youthful dreamers areWhen she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge