The girl with the louding voice

Abi Daré

Adunni is a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. As the only daughter of a broke father, she is a valuable commodity. Removed from school and sold as a 3rd wife to an old man, Adunni's life amounts to this: 4 goats, 2 bags of rice, some chickens and a new TV. When unspeakable tragedy swiftly strikes in her new home, she is secretly sold as a domestic servant to a household in the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, where no one will talk about the strange disappearance of her predecessor, Rebecca. No one but Adunni. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless servant, 14-year-old Adunni is repeatedly told that she is nothing. But Adunni won't be silenced. She is determined to find her voice - in a whisper, in song, in broken English - until she can speak for herself, for the girls like Rebecca who came before, and for all the girls who will follow.

Author(s): Daré, Abi
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 01/10/2020
Pagination: 314 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Sceptre
Published By: Sceptre
Book Classification: Narrative theme: Coming of age|Fiction: general & literary
Dimensions: 196x128x26
Weight: 286
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529359275