The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel)

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.

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379 pages

Average rating: 8.05

656 RATINGS

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spoko
Oct 21, 2024
8/10 stars
It's a good story, but I had trouble continuing to buy Adunni's credulous simplicity. Especially given the difficulty of her life, how on earth could she never develop any ability to read the room better than that? It's not until the last few chapters that she seems to have any common sense about what to expect from those around her. Plenty of others have commented about the book's relentless string of miserable events that befall the protagonist, but no one seems to be pointing out that she brings so many of them on herself, by just saying stupid things at stupid times. I struggled to believe she would keep doing that for so long, or that she would survive if she did.
alissamv
Aug 17, 2024
9/10 stars
Excellent audio book. Context and narration were great.
Amynyman
Jun 23, 2024
9/10 stars
Fantastic audiobook!!! The writing & the narration was superb. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kattymimz
Apr 24, 2024
10/10 stars
Superb! This was one of my best books Excellently written As an African born n raised, I strong connected to the storyline
GymnasticsFan
Feb 19, 2024
8/10 stars
The language is beautiful. Here's a passage that's not a spoiler.

". . .Then I swim deep inside the river of my soul, find the key from where it is sitting, full of rust, at the bottom of the river, and open the lock. I kneel down beside my bed, close my eyes, turn myself into a cup, and pour the memory out of me."

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