Pushkin and the Queen of Spades

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Windsor Armstrong grapples with her son Pushkin X's choices as he embraces fame in football and plans to marry a Russian lap dancer, which she views as a betrayal of the values she instilled in him. A former unwed teen mother who overcame her troubled Detroit past to attend Harvard, Windsor is torn between her outrage and unwavering love for Pushkin. As she confronts the reality of his decisions, she contemplates revealing a long-held secret about his father, hoping to guide him back to the path she envisioned for him.