The Girl with the Louding Voice

Abi Daré

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All you have are your words.

AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER
A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020

'A stunning novel - original, beautiful and powerful' Rosamund Lupton

Meet Adunni, a teenage girl born into a rural Nigerian village.

Aged fourteen, she is a commodity, a wife, a servant.

She is also smart, funny, curious, with a spirit and joy infectious to those around her.

And despite her situation going from bad to worse, she has a plan to escape: she will find her 'louding voice' and get her education, so that she can speak up for herself - and all the girls who came before her.

As she turns enemies into friends and superiors into aides, Adunni will take you with her on a heart-breaking but inspiring journey from a small village to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, and show you that no matter the situation, there is always some joy to be found.

'A story of courage that will win over your heart' Stylist

'An unforgettable novel' Jeanine Cummins

'A sparkling debut . . . marks the appearance of a strong and stylish new talent' Harper's Bazaar

'A true original, this will open your eyes' Cosmopolitan

The BBC Radio 2 Book Club featuring THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE is now available to listen to on BBC Sounds.

Review

[A] brave, fresh voice . . . Daré draws the reader in with a vivid character whose dire circumstances are contrasted with her natural creativity . . . Unforgettable, New York Times

An impressive debut novel, Observer

Adunni's humour and fierce determination to change her destiny shine through this remarkable book., Independent

The story told in this novel is an important one . . . The Girl with the Louding Voice joins a long and fine tradition of issue-led novels that have sparked conversations resulting in social change., Guardian

Narrated by Adunni herself in a brilliantly sustained broken English, this ultimately uplifting debut novel shines a penetrating light on the barbaric practices of child labour and child marriage, Mail on Sunday

This is a compelling, captivating and unforgettable debut, Mirror

Dare's characters leap off the page, powering this funny, luminous and heart-swelling tale, Daily Mail, Summer Fiction Special

Abi Daré makes a sparkling literary debut . . . and marks the appearance of a strong and stylish new talent, Harper's Bazaar

The Girl With the Louding Voice is a character for the ages. Adunni is a girl who narrates her own suffering with levity, who paints depth and texture and beauty into her Nigerian homeland, who tenderly cultivates her own humanity even while everything around her seeks to thwart it. She is an ambassador for girls everywhere. She is important, funny, brave, and enduring. Abi Daré has written an unforgettable novel, by the strength of her own louding voice.

Incredible . . . packs an emotional punch -- Eithne Farry, Sunday Express

About the Author

Abi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for over 18 years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University. Keen to improve her writing, Abi completed an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University of London, achieving a Distinction. Her novel, The Girl with The Louding Voice won The Bath Novel Award in 2018 and was selected as a finalist in The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor competition in 2018. Abi lives in Essex with her husband and two children.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Abi Daré
Vydavatel	Sceptre
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	měkká
Počet stran	320
Formát	12,8 × 19,6 cm
EAN	9781529359275
Rok vydání	2020
Edice	Dobrodružné, válečné, historické romány Současná beletrie