This has to be the biggest disappointment of the year. The American chess darling has betrayed the entire adult and scholastic community by coming out with this book. Don't you think that a tragic blunder was made when the author constantly has to defend herself? This should be a once in a lifetime lesson. The author bashed just about everyone in this book, including friends and supporters of hers. She made her best friends Irina Krush look like a spoiled selfish brat and Elizabeth Vicary look like a sex digger. What people would write to sell a few extra books. Totally shameful! Totally selfish! Totally horrible! Stop defending the inexcusable!