'Stay With Me' Is A Novel Of Commitment, Culture And The Struggle To Conceive
Set in Nigeria in the 1980s, Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel tells the story of a couple who desperately want to have a child, in a society where that's what's expected of them.
by Scott Simon
Aug 19, 2017
2 minutes
Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel, Stay with Me, begins in the midst of Nigeria's political turmoil in the 1980s.
"It's a period of time that I've always been interested in because I think it can help us understand Nigeria even right now," she says.
The book tells the story of Yejide and Akin, a couple who will do anything to have a
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