Stay With Me

<p><b>WINNER OF THE 9MOBILE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE<br></b><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE<br></b><br>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. <br><br> Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, <i>Stay With Me</i> 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.</p>