Abi Daré is the author of The Girl with the Louding Voice, which was a New York Times bestseller, a #ReadWithJenna Today Show book club pick, and an Indie Next Pick. She grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and went on to study law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an MSc in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University as well as an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. Abi lives in Essex, UK with her husband and two daughters, who inspired her to write her debut novel.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK: The hardcover edition was a Read with Jenna Today Show book club pick! They told us this book got the deepest reader engagement on social media they'd seen for any of their picks. The hardcover also debuted at #10 on the New York Times bestseller list.A DISTINCTIVE NEW VOICE: Teenage Adunni's idiosyncratic and powerful voice will grab you from the very first page, despite her charmingly imperfect grasp of proper English grammar. Her combination of naivete and worldliness is reminiscent of Little Bee in Chris Cleave's novel of the same name, or of Darling in NoViolet Bulowayo's We Need New Names.CONVERSATION STARTING: This novel's numerous complex female relationships and feminist themes are perfect for bookclubs, and it will lend itself well to discussions on hot-button topics like traditional gender roles, the reality of domestic servitude, widening wealth divides, and the fact that women around the world are still fighting for the right to something that most of us in America take for granted: an education.AUTHOR BACKSTORY: Abi's novel is informed by her own experience growing up in Lagos, and the young maids she encountered there. She was inspired by her 8-year-old daughter-the age that many Nigerian girls are sold into domestic servitude-and the idea of what her life could have looked like in unluckier circumstances.

A young Nigerian woman trapped in a life of servitude is determined to get aneducation so that she can escape and choose her own future.