Clever Girl Finance

Sokunbi, the head of a financial empowerment community for women narrates in a low-key style that packs a surprising amount of power. Part of this effect flows from conversational writing that speaks to listeners with compassion and personal authority. But it's mostly the author's amiable voice--which communicates an unshakable belief in this financial empowerment initiative and her specific advice. Without dwelling on how women are victimized by society, Bola Sokunbi is also remarkably sensitive to cultural forces that discourage women from taking control of their finances or even discussing money among themselves. She uses examples from her own family to provide a colorful tableau of how women can overcome this imposed helplessness by learning to talk about money more openly, earn more of it, clean up debt chaos, and build wealth. T.W. � AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine