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Stay With Me

by Ayobami Adebayo - £8.99  Canongate Books Ltd (2018)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781782119609 | ISBN 10: 1782119604

“If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking”
 
Shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Prize, this Nigerian debut is the heart-breaking tale of what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family.
 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE
NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017
 
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. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear.
 
Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak.

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