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Who is this book for? Readers interested in emotional and thought-provoking narratives about family and love.

Topics LoveLoss and GriefFamilySurvival
MoodMelancholic, Hopeful
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2018 Shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 There are things even love can't do ...If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. But even when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love ... Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything - arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, dances with prophets, appeals to God. But when her in-laws insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 80s Nigeria, Stay With Me sings with the voices, colours, joys and fears of its surroundings. Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak.

Language

en

Published on

16/02/2018

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781782119609

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