Adunni's mother told her that the only way to get a" louding voice" is to have an education. But at fourteen, Adunni's father sells her to a local man desperate for an heir. Then, when tragedy strikes, she is sold again trapped in subservience this time to a wealthy household in Lagos, where no one speaks about the disappearance of her predecessor, Rebecca, Through it all, Adunni will not be silenced. In a whisper, in song, in broken English she finds a way to speak for herself, for Rebecca, and or all those who struggle to be heard.