Stay with MeA New York Times Notable Book The New York Times' Critics' Top Books of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, The Economist, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Southern Living, HelloGiggles, and Shelf Awareness Huffington Post's Best Feminist Books of the Year The New York Post's Most Thrilling and Fascinating Books of the Year The New York Public Library's Ten Best Books of the Year "A stunning debut novel." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This celebrated, unforgettable first novel ("A bright, big-hearted demonstration of female spirit." -The Guardian), shortlisted for the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction and set in Nigeria, gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriage--and the forces that threaten to tear it apart. Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expected Akin to take several wives, he and Yejide have always agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage--after consulting fertility doctors and healers, trying strange teas and unlikely cures--Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time--until her family arrives 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. An electrifying novel of enormous emotional power, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 22 |
Section 4 | 34 |
Section 5 | 42 |
Section 6 | 46 |
Section 7 | 49 |
Section 8 | 57 |
Section 19 | 146 |
Section 20 | 150 |
Section 21 | 153 |
Section 22 | 159 |
Section 23 | 165 |
Section 24 | 171 |
Section 25 | 174 |
Section 26 | 178 |
Section 9 | 85 |
Section 10 | 92 |
Section 11 | 98 |
Section 12 | 101 |
Section 13 | 107 |
Section 14 | 112 |
Section 15 | 120 |
Section 16 | 122 |
Section 17 | 126 |
Section 18 | 135 |
Section 27 | 196 |
Section 28 | 199 |
Section 29 | 208 |
Section 30 | 219 |
Section 31 | 229 |
Section 32 | 238 |
Section 33 | 244 |
Section 34 | 255 |
Section 35 | 259 |