Stay with Me (Hardcover)

from quondame

How life can be made difficult for a good woman, Nigerian edition. Yejide was the motherless daughter in a household of many wives, for four years has been the sole, childless wife of Akin, and both her own, unloving stepmothers, and Akin's family require children for him and force him to take a ...

from Beamis12

Different country, different cultural and societal expectations. Nigeria n the eighties and ninties, a young couple, Yejede and Akin meet at University, fall in love and marry. For Akin having a son meant he was a man, for Yejede, having a child meant fulfilling the role she was expected to fulfi...

from NeedMoreShelves

Fascinating look at a marriage in 1980s Nigeria marred by childlessness, and the lengths both husband and wife are willing to take to try and save their relationship. I thought there were a few times that the narrative seemed to lose its flow, but overall a great read.

from EBT1002

Set in modern-day Nigeria, this novel starts as a story of a stubbornly childless marriage in which Akin succumbs to his family's pressure to take a second wife to ensure the continuation of the family line. Yejida is devastated by this decision -- she and Akin had agreed that polygamy was not fo...

from doryfish

Absolutely wonderful. This debut is similar to Fates and Furies in that it explores the lies, misunderstandings, and assumptions that affect a couple's marriage, but Yejide and Akin are depicted in a gentler, more compassionate fashion. The issue of infertility particularly makes this book ideal ...