The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Daré
Description
When Adunni’s mother dies, her family’s fragile hopes collapse into desperation—and her father announces a devastating bargain: she will be sold as a wife to a much older man. Torn between survival and her lifelong dream of education, Adunni is forced into a new household where she must navigate power, prejudice, and the quiet costs of being silenced. Yet even as her future is bargained away, Adunni’s voice—sharp, resilient, and deeply human—becomes the force that challenges the life others have planned for her. Woven with Nigerian cultural detail and narrated with immediacy, this debut novel by Abi Daré explores themes of gender inequality, grief, agency, and the transformative promise of learning.
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paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Jan 1, 2020
ISBN: 9781529359275
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré.