The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Groundswell Speaker 2024 James – TelegraphSpiced with slick

James – TelegraphSpiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building

…and promptly disappears

at a bowling alley

'That evening more firmly than ever fastened into my soul the conviction that Fate was of stone

it is a book to give to many

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Groundswell Speaker 2024 James – TelegraphSpiced with slickI 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.