Stay With Me By Ayobami Adebayo

Stay With Me tells the powerful and heartbreaking story of Yejide and Akin, a couple deeply in love, married since university, but facing immense pressure to have children. Despite their promise of monogamy, Akin’s family insists on a second wife to secure a heir. Yejide’s desperation to conceive leads her down a painful and emotional path, testing the strength of their love, family bonds, and her identity.

Set against the backdrop of 1980s Nigeria, this novel explores themes of tradition, social expectation, motherhood, grief, and the sacrifices we make for family.

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