She can make or break a literary career with one adjective. The woman often carries the shame and bear the burden of the family. Ayobami adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, and the allconsuming bonds of motherhood. Stay with me by ayobami adebayo literary fiction but with such amazing female character and surprises where you did not see them happening gone girl by gillian flynn relationship insight meets riddles, meets a thriller that reads like general fiction.
Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant. Belletrist discover, read and celebrate a new book every month. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak. Their marriage begins with so much romance and promise. Future awards winner of arts and culture, ayobami ayodeles debut novel, stay with me, is the latest book to be added to the book club central and we are excited. Jun 04, 2018 that is the central question of stay with me 2017 by ayobami adebayo, the june 2018 read for the literary wives series, hosted by these bloggers. Nice dragons finish last rachel aaron one good dragon deserves another rachel aaron stay with me ayobami adebayo the poet x elizabeth acevedo americanah chimamanda ngozi adichie the power naomi alderman mayas notebook isabel allende the island under the sea isabel allende the japanese lover. Stay with me has the sort of plot and characters that demand to be. The book to read next, based on your favorite fall treat. I wanted to stay in the pages of her book and immerse myself in the depth of the story. Belletrist discover, read and celebrate a new book every. Stay with me, the debut novel by ayobami adebayo, is a book that i probably wont stop talking about for a long time, precisely because it is so deeply important and unique a read.
Stay with me is the fourth book in her series and its actually one of my favorites. A sad book adult fiction stay with me by ayobami adebayo the last ballad by wiley cash the hours by michael cunningham all the light we cannot see by anthony doerr madame bovary by gustave flaubert the end of the affair by graham greene exit west by mohsin hamid the nightingale by kristin hannah jude the obscure by thomas hardy the kite. Stay with me by ayobami adebayo yejide and akins fairytale romance is being put to the ultimate test by the pressure to conceive. Michiko kakutani calls ayobami adebayo an exceptional. Feb 26, 2017 stay with me by ayobami adebayo is published by canongate.
Those of you who have been wanting to get a taste of the book before you read it, this is your chance. Akins family have taken matters into their own hands by finding him a second, supposedly more fertile wife, funmi. Aug 22, 2017 stay with me is a debut novel by the nigerian writer ayobami adebayo and a stellar one at that. This book will stand through time as representative of where we are as a country and a people now.
Stay with me by ayobami adebayo culture the sunday. The assumption is that yejides reproductive organs are the problem. Dec 14, 2017 future awards winner of arts and culture, ayobami ayodeles debut novel, stay with me, is the latest book to be added to the book club central and we are excited. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 80s nigeria, stay with me sings with the voices, colours, joys and fears of its surroundings. Belletrist is an online platform that celebrates great books and the people who read them. Stay with me is a debut novel by the nigerian writer ayobami adebayo and a stellar one at that. How does adebayo play with the idea of expectation versus reality throughout the novel. Told alternately by yejide and her husband, akin, the book opens late in the story to a woman packing her bags. By that, i mean the hate u give is a snapshot in time of 2017 where this real, pervasive injustice is happening far too often in modern society.
Which, finally, she doesbut at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine. Hounded by her husbands family to produce a male heir to the. Plot summary part 1 yejide is a nigerian woman married to akin. Mar 02, 2017 stay with me, ayobami adebayos debut novel, was shortlisted for the womens prize for fiction one of britains most prestigious literary awards. Calla is actually avery and cams college friend while jax is a total stranger in the beginning of the book. Oct 18, 2017 the book to read next, based on your favorite fall treat. No one can top cam and his cookies, but jax was pretty damn close. I raced through this book, ravenously coming back to it every opportunity i got for the plot was such that i had a hard time abandoning the book even if for a short while. Jun 14, 2017 we finally have an excerpt of ayobami adebayos baileys prizeshortlisted novel stay with me.
Aug 07, 2017 she can make or break a literary career with one adjective. Vintage a 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. Here is a random selection of fiction books from a number of authors and genres. Much like chigozie obiomas man bookershortlisted the fishermen 2015, her debut novel focuses on a family. Now available in paperback, adebays electrifying debut novel was shortlisted for the. A mindblower of a novel i have a special challenge for all avid readers.
Book list bookcompanion the resource for readers, book. Stay with me ayobami adebayo 9781782119463 netgalley. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s nigeria, stay with me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the allconsuming bonds of motherhood. Set in 1980s nigeria, stay with me follows the complicated domestic life of yejide, a woman who has been hoping desperately for a child. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. Amy on the town new england adventures in art, culture. One day akins mother moomi comes over and tells yejide that she has gotten a second wife for akin to impregnate named funmilayo, or funmi. It is through this book that i learned about pseudocyesis which is shocking and heartbreaking at the same time.
Anywhere subject title author series fiction nonfiction. Stay with me is a heartbreaking story about infertility, infant loss and the pain these issues cause in a family. Or, a portrait of the writer as a young wife meena kandasamy. Stay with me, ayobami adebayos debut novel, was shortlisted for the womens prize for fiction one of britains most prestigious literary awards. Portrait of a nigerian marriage in a heartbreaking debut. As a sidenote, if you havent read stay with me by ayobami adebayo, this was one of my top books read last year. Sep 11, 2014 stay with me is the love story of jax and calla. Stay with me isbn 9781782119463 pdf epub ayobami adebayo. Join facebook to connect with samuel ayobami and others you may know. Stay with me is a vivid, beautifully heartbreaking story that in the end still leaves room for hope. Ayobami adebayo is the latest impressive young writer to come out of nigeria. This story showed how tradition and belief can test a mans character.
While we all might have our own preferred genres, i believe there are certain novels which are absolute mindblowers in terms of. Stay with me by adebayo ayobami is a wellwritten story about a womans struggle with childlessness, societal pressures and loss. Stay with me is a conversation in a troubled marriage across decades, one that holds out the hope for restitution, and the ultimate triumph of love. Stay with me was an emotional story that had me holding my tears on the beach. The questions, discussion topics, and reading list that follow are intended to enhance your reading groups conversation about stay with me, ayobami adebayos poignant and electrifying debut about a couple whose marriage buckles under the weight of social pressure, and their attempts to navigate a future together despite their hardships. Elle uk elle uk ayobami adebayos enthralling debut strikes deep, dark and true. We finally have an excerpt of ayobami adebayos baileys prizeshortlisted novel stay with me. That is the central question of stay with me 2017 by ayobami adebayo, the june 2018 read for the literary wives series, hosted by these bloggers. With economy of language and a taut emotional underlying, ayobami adebayo tells the parallel tales of a young couples marriage, alongside nigerias struggle for independence. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here. Apr 25, 2018 to me, the book read like a time capsule book.
Stay with me monroe county public library, indiana. Stay with me is the closely observed, heartbreaking and original tale of the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves from severing the very bonds that make us. A womans desperate attempts to get pregnant, and the subsequent agonies of loss, are vividly captured in this. Click download or read online button to get download pdf exit west online book now. Adebayo, ayobami stay with me adichie, chimamanda ngozi dear ijeawele adichie, chimamanda ngozi we should all be feminists alderman, naomi the power allende, isabel portrait in sepia anderson, gillian and nadel, jennifer we.
An electrifying novel of enormous emotional power, stay with me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family. Stay with me is a novel that challenges readers expectations with its surprising reveals, its secrets and its deception. This then leads me to mention and commend the cast for its crucial role in bringing the world of 1984 before the audience. Ayobami adebayos stay with me, like great works by chinua achebe and chimamanda ngozi adichie, explores the pull between tradition and modernity in nigeria.
Stay with me by ayobami adebayo book club discussion. Stay with me by ayobami adebayo 9781782119609 dymocks. Ayobami adebayos stay with me, like great works by chinua achebe and chimamanda ngozi adichie, explores the pull between tradition and modernity in. Jul 24, 2017 ayobami adebayos stay with me, like great works by chinua achebe and chimamanda ngozi adichie, explores the pull between tradition and modernity in nigeria. Ayobami ayodele debut novel added to the book club central. This was not only sweet, steamy and funny, but it had some drama, grit and angst, too. Aug 28, 2018 aybami adebay discusses her novel, stay with me at politics and prose on 7212018. Ayobami adebayo wrote this story in a way that i couldnt pick a side. Thank you all for your support, kind words, and book suggestions. Full of love, tradition, family, hope, deceit, and loss, it will make your heart ache for.
Thats why it matters to us that kakutani read ayobami adebayos debut novel, stay with me, and liked it a whole lot. She never gets pregnant, which makes akins family upset. Molara wood, the guardian nigeria adebayos prose is a pleasure. What plot development did you find to be most surprising. Mar 02, 2017 stay with me is a debut novel by the nigerian writer ayobami adebayo and a stellar one at that. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak. Trending book lists books books books 1,230 584 books you may have actually read. Synopsis stay with me follows yejide, a nigerian woman who has been unable to have a child with her husband akin.