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Sep 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Abi Dare
Grief is a thing with wings. It swoops in when and how it wants, often uninvited. When I think of my father, I think of sound. His laughter: a deep rumble from his slightly distended gut, ending with a sigh, as if he were reluctant to let it go. The gentle push of his windscreen-shaped glasses up the bridge of his nose. I think of 5am wake-up calls – me at five or six, my brother five years older, both of us trudging drowsily to the dining table for maths lessons.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
bookreporter.com | Abi Dare
In 2020, Abi Daré released her debut, THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE. This instant bestseller introduced readers to Adunni, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl living in a poor village where women are seen not as wholly realized citizens, but as wives, mothers or property. Adunni dreamed of an education, and in the course of the novel, she discovered the power of her words and found herself in luxurious, glamorous Lagos, working as the servant.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Abi Dare |tim johnston |Sophie Brickman |Will Dean
The book is in stores on Tuesday, August 6th from Dutton. Click on the link to buy a copy.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Louise Erdrich |Cebo Campbell |Renee Gladman |Abi Dare
Louise Erdrich. Harper, $32 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-327705-2Pulitzer winner Erdrich (The Night Watchman) follows the folks of the Red River Valley of North Dakota—the original home to the Ojibwe, the Dakota, and the Metis—in a captivating tale of love and everyday life amid environmental upheaval and the 2008 financial crisis.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Cebo Campbell |Renee Gladman |Abi Dare |László Krasznahorkai
Cherry Lou Sy. Dutton, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-47454-9A Filipino family forges a new life and uneasy reunion in Sy’s astonishing debut. Queenie, the 17-year-old narrator, arrives in New York City from the Philippines with her father to live with her mother, Mel, a nurse who came to the country five years earlier.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Cebo Campbell |Renee Gladman |Abi Dare |László Krasznahorkai
Charles Baxter. Pantheon, $28 (224p) ISBN 978-0-593-70085-3Baxter (The Sun Collective) pokes fun at religious do-gooders, conservatives, and the medical community in this entertaining if slight offering. Mild-mannered Brock Hobson, a divorced insurance salesman and Sunday school teacher, lives in rural Ohio with his two teen children and is romantically involved with a widowed park naturalist named Trey.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
shepherd.com | Daisy Buchanan |Catherine Newman |Abi Dare |Ericka Waller
I fell in love with Ash and her best friend Edi before I was halfway down the first page. I can see why other readers have compared this book to Nora Ephron’s novels. It’s funny, heart-filled, sexy, and sweet, but never twee. I could totally relate to Ash, who grieves unconventionally and tries to be the best friend, mother, and human in the world while secretly rebelling and acting up. Most of all, I adored how this book focuses on family and how we build our families through love.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
booklistonline.com | Abi Dare
Aug. 2024. 400p. Dutton, $28 (9780593186558).
REVIEW.
First published July 2024 (Booklist).
Get comfortable and grab a box of tissues, because Daré is back with the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Girl with the Louding Voice (2020). The night before 14-year-old Adunni goes to school in Lagos, a day she’s been dreaming of for years, two elders from her village arrive to drag her back to the past she spent a year running from.
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May 20, 2024 | 
waterstones.com | Onyi Nwabineli |Abi Dare
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 19:00 at Waterstones, London - Trafalgar Square Join us as we welcome Onyi Nwabineli and Abi Daré, in conversation to celebrate the release of Onyi's sophomore novel, Allow Me to Introduce Myself, a darkly hilarious comedy about leaving social media and finding yourself, and discussing both authors' experiences of working on the big 'second book', with Abi's new release, And So I Roar, coming out this August! Get ready to question your ‘harmless’ social media habit in...
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Nella Larsen |Yaa Gyasi |Elie Mystal |Abi Dare
This month the NHPR staff has gathered some of our favorite stories, poems, and plays by legendary and contemporary Black authors, including bell hooks, Nella Larsen, and James McBride to honor Black History Month. To learn more about Black artists, historians, veterans and more check out this link. You can also check out NHPR’s special programming for Black History Month here. And as always, please send us your review if you decide to add any of these books to your library list at [email protected].
