It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak. 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. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 80s Nigeria, Stay With Me sings with the voices, colours, joys and fears of its surroundings. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair. But when her in-laws insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. 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. Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. But even when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love. If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. Shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 Stay With Me Lyrics Verse 1 Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man These nights never seem to go to plan I don't want you to leave, will. One of Emerald Streets “Books We Loved in 2017.Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2018 One of Media Diversified’s “Top 15 Books by Novelists of Colour Published in 2017.” One of Huffington Post’s Best Feminist Books of the Year One of Buzzfeed’s “24 Best Fiction Books of 2017.” One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2017 One of Quartz Africa’s favourite African Books of 2017 One of San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Books of 2017 One of Channels Book Club’s Best 20 Nigerian Books of 2017 One of The Wall Street Journal’s best books of 2017Ī New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2017Ī New York Times’ Critics’ Top Book of the Year Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize
Shortlisted for the 9mobile Prize for Literature Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women’s Fiction A tale of real complexity and humanity, part psychological observation and social study.” Financial Times “This tale of a Nigerian couple under familial pressure to conceive is a subtle and unsentimental triumph. Stay With Me is the closely observed, heartbreaking and original tale of the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves from severing the very bonds that make us” ELLE “This confident and fearless writer challenges us to think about marriage from all perspectives in her first novel. “It’s a bighearted book, taking no shortcuts with the humanity of its characters in a plot marked by cruelty and betrayal, there are no villains.” Chicago Tribune
“Adebayo unfolds the many layers of truth with insight and skill.” The Times “Beautiful… Phenomenal… A layered story of love, sacrifice and hope… Adebayo’s debut is undoubtedly one of the best reads of this year.” -Lihle Z. “An absolute must-read and a story that will be shared for many decades to come.” -Emma Roberts, Refinery29 “Stay with Me is a wise and deeply humane debut novel that unpeels the layers of politics in a marriage from the inside.” Sarah Jessica Parker
“Adebayo is an astounding storyteller – an exciting addition to the emerging voices in African writing.” Jennifer Makumbi, author of Kintu and winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize “Stay with Me is that rarest of accomplishments – a richly imagined novel that boasts not only great literary sophistication but also a narrative drive so compelling that one finds it difficult to put down the book.” Rotimi Babatunde, Winner 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing “Adebayo’s prose is a pleasure: immediate, unpretentious and flecked with whip-smart Nigerian-English dialogue.” Francesca Angelini, Sunday Times “A compulsive read… Stay With Me is a conversation in a troubled marriage across decades, one that holds out the hope for restitution, and the ultimate triumph of love.” Molara Wood, The Guardian Nigeria She has written a powerfully magnetic and heartbreaking book” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “She writes not just with extraordinary grace but with genuine wisdom about love and loss and the possibility of redemption. “Scorching, gripping, ultimately lovely” Margaret Atwood
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