Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

A New York Times Notable Book * "A thoroughly contemporary--and deeply moving--portrait of a marriage.... In the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." --The New York Times Book Review
 
Ilesa, Nigeria. Ever since they first met and fell in love at university, Yejide and Akin have agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage--after consulting fertility doctors and healers, and trying strange teas and unlikely cures--Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time--until her in-laws arrive on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant. Which, finally, she does--but at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine.
 
The unforgettable story of a marriage as seen through the eyes of both husband and wife, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.

Ayobami Adebayo's pieces have published in a variety of periodicals and anthologies, with one of them receiving a high honor in the Commonwealth Short Story Competition in 2009. She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ife with a BA and MA in English literature, and has worked as an editor for Saraba Magazine since 2009. Adebayo also holds an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, where she received an international creative writing bursary. Ledig House, Sinthian Cultural Centre, Hedgebrook, Ox-Bow School of Art, Ebedi Hills, and the Siena Art Institute have all given her fellowships and residencies. She was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos. www.ayobamiadebayo.com is a website dedicated to Ayobamiade Bayo.

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ISBN 13	9781101974414
ISBN 10	1101974419
Title	Stay with Me
Author	Ayobami Adebayo
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2018-07-10
Number of pages	272
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