The Girl with the Louding Voice

A Novel

De: Abi Daré

Narrado por: Adjoa Andoh

An instant New York Times best seller

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick!

"Brave, fresh...unforgettable." (The New York Times Book Review)

"A celebration of girls who dare to dream." (Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers, an Oprah’s Book Club pick)

Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Everygirl, and Read It Forward!

The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams.

Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself - and help other girls like her do the same.

Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams...and maybe even change the world.

©2020 Abi Daré (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Adunni’s brave, fresh voice powerfully articulates a resounding anger toward Africa’s toxic patriarchy.... Daré draws the reader in with a vivid character whose dire circumstances are contrasted with her natural creativity (she keeps her spirits up by composing comic songs imagining a fabulous future) and her undying will to survive.... Throughout her harrowing coming-of-age journey, told with verve and compassion, Adunni never loses the ‘louding voice’ that makes Daré’s story, and her protagonist, so unforgettable.” (The New York Times Book Review)

"[A] compelling debut." (Ms. Magazine, "Feminist Books Coming out in 2020")

"A heart-warming, enlightening novel... Through the moving story of a girl’s persistent struggle to acquire an education, The Girl with the Louding Voice brings deep, significant issues into focus." (BookPage)

A look inside Nigerian Culture

Arranged marriages, dreams deferred in a Male chauvinist Nigeria. Old men marrying young women to bare their kids, more importantly boys. The paying of bride price, love lost, sisterhood mending, this story was breathtaking, an awakening. One doesn't realize how lucky we are not to live the life of others. Social classes, witchcraft, tribal ways versus western medicine and culture.

Entertaining and Educational

Loved the story and production of this book. Adunni is a charming protagonist and never for a moment did I lose interest in her or her struggles.

WOW!

The written word filled with so much passion! and read with perfect expression! Amazing performance! Not just a book I read but an experience. I will replay portions of chapters 41 and 55 often!

Amazing read!

I finished the book within 2-3 days. And I did not want it to finish. Kudos to the author for writing such a powerful story and to the narrator for an epic performance!

Incredible storytelling

A beautiful sad yet uplifting story read with so much emotion. Highly recommended this book especially as an audio book as it really engages you with the characters and helps you to feel what they feel and understand the culture.

Heartbreaking, beautiful, and raw

What a great story. I was immersed early on and trying will a better life for Adunni. She is a girl with a vision!! After all that life continues to throw at her, she is still willing to always fight. The best part about her vision is that she recognizes that the fight is not with her alone but with the many girls in Nigeria who have gone through what she has been through and probably worse. The ending does end at a time when she is still really young, so we don’t see what her future is like. It’s fine because, after all that we’ve seen from her, we know she is going to do great things.

The Girl with the Louding Voice lives up to the hype. A novel that combines gritty storytelling with a unique narrative voice of Adunni's dialect of broken English, which adds a certain authenticity to the story.

Overall, it's a beautiful story of a young girl who longs for an education and a better life but has to fight great odds to reach her dreams. A highly suggested read for someone who want a great read with a truly inspiring story. I look forward to the next book by Abi Dare.

Fantastic!

I love this book. I couldn’t put it down and when I got close to the end I didn’t want to finish because I didn’t want to say goodbye to Adunni. Beautifully written and skillfully handles complex issues. I cried a lot, including because of joy. Lovely!
I also love the narrator. I’ve listened several books that she’s narrated and I always enjoy her readings.

Wonderful

This is an artfully written book that chronicles the struggles of women. The narrator does an excellent job as well.

Tomorrow will be better

I like this book because it speaks to the difficulties of life and the resiliency you must have to live until tomorrow.

I’m still smiling

Everything about this book was perfection. The storyline, the narrator. Perfection. I’ve already recommended it to a friend.