Traces the author's unconventional marriage to her Harvard-educated publishing editor husband, describing how their sophisticated world crumbled when the deterioration of his mental health before his death revealed unexpected secrets.

Chess is a sport, a science, and an art. For more than a thousand years, people around the world have enjoyed this game of skill and tactics and intellectual prowess. From Parisian nightclubs to Hollywood films to everyday dining rooms and dens, you can find people furrowing their brows in concentration over their next strategic move. The fun of the game is that anyone can play, and there is always something more to learn—especially with the right...