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Zusatztext A virtuosic study of female loss, determination, and of the subversive potential of words . . . It magnificently reveals how language constructs us as humans. With immense skill, Daré creates an irresistible energy and powerfully sustains it on every page Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. Her mother has told her it's the only way to get a 'louding voice' - the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But when her mother dies her life changes overnight, and as a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless domestic servant, Adunni is repeatedly told by words and deeds that she is nothing. But Adunni will not be silenced. When she realises that she must stand up not only for herself but for other girls, the ones who came before her and were lost, and the 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. From a rural village to the wealthy enclaves of contemporary Lagos, Adunni's voice will sound loudly in your ears far beyond the final page.Award-winning before it has even been published, Abi Daré's unforgettable debut sings from the page in a voice like no other. Zusammenfassung The most uplifting debut of 2020 ' Unforgettable ' New York Times ' Impressive ' Observer ' Remarkable ' Independent ' Important ' Guardian ' Captivating ' Mirror ' Luminous ' Daily Mail ' Sparkling ' Harper's Bazaar ' Beautiful ' Herald THE NEW YORK TIMES AND TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION ___________________________________________________ I don't just want to be having any kind voice . . . I want a louding voice. At fourteen, Adunni dreams of getting an education and giving her family a more comfortable home in her small Nigerian village. Instead, Adunni's father sells her off to become the third wife of an old man. When tragedy strikes in her new home, Adunni flees to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, where she becomes a house-girl to the cruel Big Madam, and prey to Big Madam's husband. But despite her situation continuously going from bad to worse, Adunni refuses to let herself be silenced. And one day, someone hears her. __________________________________________________ ' A story of courage that will win over your heart ' Stylist ' A true original, this will open your eyes ' Cosmopolitan 'Abi Daré has written an unforgettable novel, by the strength of her own louding voice.' Jeanine Cummins ...
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[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
