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Saab's 2021 debut novel, The Last Checkmate, featured a teenage heroine whose chess skills help her survive Auschwitz. Drawing again on catastrophic upheavals of history, Saab now portrays young women able to hold their own as fierce fighters and political plotters. The titular daughters are three generations of Russian women whose adventuresome lives span revolution and war, 1917–43. Svetlana rejects her noble roots, joi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More