The Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dare | 2020
Adunni is a fourteen year old Nigerian girl living in contemporary times in a rural village. Despite her mother getting her husband to promise to help Adunni get an education on her deathbed, he marries her off instead. Adunni is now forced to live with a much older man and his other wives and children. Through all of her misfortune she is determined to accomplish something more. After escaping her horrible marriage she lands herself in a slave trafficking situation where she is a maid with no hope of payment. She meets some very helpful people along the way and Adunni manages to find hope in her hopeless life. Education and becoming a teacher is her calling and despite how little she has or knows, she makes the very best of her opportunities.
The one thing that is so interesting about this book is how you can watch her progression in her education by her speech in the book. Her very poor speech begins to gradually get better as she grows and learns. Adunni is also amazingly positive despite her troubles and doesn't fall apart in the tough times.
I feel like this book ended well but is begging for a sequel! I think she has more story to tell. I have to admit...I went down a rabbit trail of learning about Nigeria on the internet. A great book to learn more about our world. My book club read this one and we really liked it!
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