SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZENEW 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 & she has tried everything
- arduous pilgrimages medical consultations appeals to God But when her relatives insist upon a new wife it is too much for Yejide to bear It will lead to jealousy betrayal & despair Unravelling against the social & political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria Stay With Me sings with the voices colours joys & fears of its surroundings Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love the undoing of family the wretchedness of grief & the all-consuming bonds of motherhood It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves & those we love from heartbreak