The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Daré
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by the New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red Magazine, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Every Girl, and Read it Forward "A courageous story."--The New York Times "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."--Imbolo Mbue A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Abi DaréPublisher: Random House Large Print PublishingPublished: 04/28/2020ISBN: 9780593339862Pages: 480Weight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20dLarge Print
Book Title
The Girl with the Louding Voice
ISBN
9780593339862
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by the New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red Magazine, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Every Girl, and Read it Forward "A courageous story."--The New York Times "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."--Imbolo Mbue A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abi Daré
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 04/28/2020
ISBN: 9780593339862
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d
Large Print
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abi Daré
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 04/28/2020
ISBN: 9780593339862
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d
Large Print
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by the New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red Magazine, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Every Girl, and Read it Forward "A courageous story."--The New York Times "A celebration of girls who dare to dream."--Imbolo Mbue A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abi Daré
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 04/28/2020
ISBN: 9780593339862
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d
Large Print
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abi Daré
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 04/28/2020
ISBN: 9780593339862
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d
Large Print