The girl with the louding voice
Daré, Abi2020
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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.
Main title:
The girl with the louding voice / Abi Daré.
Author:
Daré, Abi, author
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2020.
Collation:
314 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529359237 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GAF
LC class:
PR6104.A83298
Local class:
FTFAF
Language:
English
BRN:
2623436