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Queen: The Story of an American Family is a historical novel by Alex Haley that chronicles his father's family line, beginning with his great-great-grandfather, a white plantation owner who came from Ireland. The book follows the life of Queen, Haley's grandmother, who was the daughter of a plantation owner's son and a slave named Easter. It explores Queen's struggle with her biracial identity as she navigates the challenges of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, and eventually builds a family and tries to provide a better life for her children.
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