Abi Dare
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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2023 Read Widely: Sub-Saharan Africa
43rd Street Book Club | 2022
Black History Month - Adult Reads: African American Fiction
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43rd Street Book Club | 2022
Black History Month - Adult Reads: African American Fiction
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Description
"A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice. When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother--terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria--and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. Back home in Lagos a few days later, Adunni,...