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Pros
The novel tells the story of a young village girl who comes through misadventure to be trafficked as a lowly servant/* in the household of a wealthy, cruel businesswoman and her lecherous husband. It’s also true to the experiences of one of my colleag... Read More
Her life is difficult beyond our western values imagining. Her struggles learning to speak proper english are humorous even while her struggles to simply survive her circumstances are dire. It is revealed in her discovery through a life of servitude.
Cons
This book confuses “inspirational” with “nauseating. This same story has been written, re-written, hashed and re-hashed.
This is a typical preachy nollywood soap opera. Too graphic. Rather overdone" "very sophomoric.
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Quality
The strength and tenacity in adunni kept me inspired the whole way through
I loved the use of non standard english which made the voice of the main character so authentic
If you want to hear a voice that is different from any voice i have ever heard and which grows in volume and with knowledge to ... Read More
I would say that it opened my eyes to the horrific treatment that women very young to very old suffer particularly in certain c... Read More
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- This product had a total of 20,283 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 2 2024.
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Im not much of a reader however i did not want to stop reading
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This book was something i most likely wouldnt purchase
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Granted the setting nigeria but the girl child is often considered second class citizen in the society
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Then her mom died adunnis father wasnt earning enough so he sells adunni to be married to an older married man
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Adunni is only 14 years old and is sent away to be with this man
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As the story progresses adunni gets away from the man only to be put into an abusive household
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However a friend tells her about a scholarship that she could earn and an older woman agrees to help adunni study fo the scholarship and write a recommendation
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Girls treated less than human as property to be sold for money child abuse human abuse slavery and freedom
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