The Queen’s Gambit: A Masterful Portrayal of the Anything but Idyllic 1950s

Families kept secrets, children paid the price

Families kept secrets, children paid the price

Image courtesy of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit

“Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even …