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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2016 | Shortlist |
About This Book
In Nigeria in the 1980s, Yejide and Akin have been married for three years, but Yejide has not yet given birth to a child. When Akin's family arrives with a second wife, Yejide is desperate to prove she can have children. A devastating portrait of a marriage tested by infertility, family pressure, and political violence.
About the Author
Ayobami AdebayoNigerian
Ayobami Adebayo is a Nigerian novelist born in 1988. Her debut novel Stay With Me (2017) was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize, and longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. She studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Read more →
