The American Queen AMP SALE told by a veteran crime

told by a veteran crime reporter and former senior writer for People magazine

and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis

Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets

Sloane has been asking herself where her husband’s desire ends and hers begins

” —Emily Henry

The American Queen AMP SALE told by a veteran crimeThere is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queenis based on actual events that occurred between 1865 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life. Over the twenty four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: