The Girl With the Louding Voice

March 11, 2020 |  1 Comment

The Girl With the Louding Voice

by Abi Daré

Date Published: February 4, 2020
Published By: Dutton Books
Page Count: 371


Publisher’s Description:

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. 


My Star Rating:

5 of 5 stars

My Review:

The Girl with the Louding VoiceThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What an amazing, heartbreaking, and inspirational read! The voice of this narrative was so vivid. It’s written in a way that you can actually hear the African accent in your mind, which makes the book so immersive. The book follows Adunni, a 14 year old whose mother has died, and although her culture is clearly very patriarchal, it was clear that the women are the true backbone of her society. Throughout the story, we get a glimpse of how women keep things from crumbling around them, and in their absence, we see how things begin to crumble.

Adunni’s story is genuinely heartbreaking, especially when you consider she’s 14 years old. But this book was so amazing, it set the tone of perseverance and hope amidst grave circumstances and held that tone from beginning to end. A tone I think the world over could learn and benefit from right now!

There were parts of this book so powerful, they stuck with me. There’s one character Adunni meets who befriends her along the way who experiences something horrific. She comes back to Adunni after the fact more determined than ever to help her, and Adunni can’t fathom why. She tells Adunni that she got but a simple taste of what Adunni has to live every single day, just a taste of Adunni’s life. I literally cried during this scene, and trust me when I say this is not a spoiler, this barely grazes the surface of this particular part of the book.

Needless to say, this was an amazing story that I highly, highly recommend.

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