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Publisher: Canongate

Author: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

ISBN: 9781782119609

Year: 2018

Format: Paperback

Historical fiction

Stay With Me by
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

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$ 370.00 mxn

Stay With Me by

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

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"Scorching, gripping, ultimately lovely."

Margaret Atwood

Summary

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.

Shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

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