Stay with Me: A novel

A New York Times Notable Book A thoroughly contemporaryand deeply movingportrait 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 marriageafter consulting fertility doctors and healers, and trying strange teas and unlikely curesYejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has timeuntil her in-laws arrive on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akins second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant. Which, finally, she doesbut 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.