` There are things even love can`t do... If the burden is too much & stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking & sometimes does break. But even when it`s in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn`t mean it`s no longer love... ` Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, & she has tried everything
- arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, dances with prophets, appeals to God. But when her in-laws insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal & despair. Unravelling against the social & political turbulence of 80s Nigeria, Stay With Me sings with the voices, colours, joys & fears of its surroundings. Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, & the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves & those we love from heartbreak.