| Descript |
314 pages 24 cm |
| Note |
"Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. As the only daughter of a broke father, she is a valuable commodity. Removed from school and sold as a third wife to an old man, Adunni's life amounts to this: four goats, two bags of rice, some chickens and a new TV. When unspeakable tragedy swiftly strikes in her new home, she is secretly sold as a domestic servant to a household in the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, where no one will talk about the strange disappearance of her predecessor, Rebecca. No one but Adunni... As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless servant, fourteen-year-old Adunni is repeatedly told that she is nothing. But Adunni won't be silenced. She is determined to find her voice - in a whisper, in song, in broken English - until she can speak for herself, for the girls like Rebecca who came before, and for all the girls who will follow." |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
2000-talet
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2000-2099
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Barnäktenskap
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Kvinnor
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Tonårsflickor
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Tonåringar
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Women household employees.
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Self-realization in women.
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Child marriage.
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Teenage girls.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Nigeria.
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Romaner
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| Classmark |
823.92
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He.01
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781529359237 inbunden |
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