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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400 pages

Average rating: 8.05

726 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.
Mumof5
Aug 26, 2024
9/10 stars
Incredible book, I got it as an audio book and it took me a little while to get use to the pigeon English , but wow after a few chapters in , what a story ! I listened over a weekend .
alissamv
Aug 17, 2024
9/10 stars
Excellent audio book. Context and narration were great.
Pr
Jun 28, 2024
1/10 star
How I can read it here
Amynyman
Jun 23, 2024
9/10 stars
Fantastic audiobook!!! The writing & the narration was superb. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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