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Stay With Me

by Ayobami Adebayo

4.06/ 5 · Goodreads, checked 6 November 2026

Week of 19 October 2026

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About the book

When Yejide marries Akin, they agree polygamy is not for them. But after four years without a child, family pressure closes in — and the choices each makes in secret will test everything they promised. Told with tenderness and dread, Stay With Me traces a marriage from its bright beginning to its hardest truth.

Why we recommend it

Adebayo writes marriage, silence and longing with heartbreaking precision. Yejide and Akin's story asks what we will do for a child — and whether love survives the secrets we keep. A modern Nigerian classic.

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