Ayòbámi Adébàyò the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story
of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth power romantic obsession
and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age a boy who looks like a man. His father
has lost his job so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor collecting
newspapers and begging dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl the perfect child
of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice she is
beloved by Kunle the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest
in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party Wuraola and Eniola's lives become
intertwined. In this breathtaking novel Ayòbámi Adébàyò shines her light on Nigeria on the
gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots and the shared humanity that lives in
between.
