If you’re looking for a new book to read, I cannot recommend Stay With Me, by Ayobami Adebayo.
Here’s the official book blurb:
Ilesa, Nigeria. Ever since they first met and fell in love at university, Yejide and Akin have agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage—after consulting fertility doctors and healers, and trying strange teas and unlikely cures—Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time—until her in-laws arrive 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. The unforgettable story of a marriage as seen through the eyes of both husband and wife, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.
Here’s my take:
It’s a beautful story. It’s a heartbreaking story. Adebayo weaves the complexities of infertility, marriage, honesty, and culture beautifully. There will be times when you want to cheer for Yejide, then there will be times you want to cheer for Akin, then there will be times when you are horrified, yet dissapointed with them both. And just when you think that you’ll be able to preecit the ending, Adebayo will throw a gigantic twist at you.
I’m not going to tell you what that is.
I’lll just urge you to read it, and purchase your own copy here.
Live, Love, Learn,
Megan & The Write Teacher(s)
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