01280cam a2200349 4500 363066054 TxAuBib 20181107120000.0 110216s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011006057 9781400069774 1400069777 9781400069774 (OCoLC)702647842 TxAuBib duBois, Jennifer. A partial history of lost causes : a novel / Jennifer DuBois. 1st ed. New York : Dial Press, 2012. 372 p. ; 25 cm. Abandoning her life when her father succumbs to Huntington's disease, Massachusetts native Irina discovers an unanswered letter from her father to an internationally renowned chess champion and political dissident, whom she decides to visit in Russia. 20181107. Chess players Russia (Federation) Fiction. Dissenters Fiction. Hope Fiction. Politicians Fiction. Women college teachers Fiction. Huntington's chorea Fiction. Medical genetics Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. TXOLT