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Subtle, Brilliant 'Stay With Me' Blends The Personal And The Political

Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel follows a young Nigerian couple struggling to conceive and caught between modern medicine and the traditional remedies — like a new wife — pushed by older relatives.
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If you lie to save your marriage, does it truly count as a betrayal? This is the question at the heart of , a debut novel about a young couple's infertility, set among the coups and counter-coups of early '90s Nigeria. It's a time when thieves and rapists send polite letters to the neighborhood warning they'll be arriving soon; where

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