Ayobami Adebayo 2 Book Set - A Spell of Good Things, Stay With Me - Fiction - Paperback

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Titles in This Set:. A Spell of Good Things. Stay With Me. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: A Spell of Good Things 9781838856076, Stay With Me 9781782119609. Publisher: Canongate. Age Range: Adult (18+). Overview:. This two-book paperback set brings together Ayobami Adebayo's celebrated Nigerian novels, Stay With Me and A Spell of Good Things. Both explore love, ambition and family under pressure, set against Nigeria's shifting social backdrop across two eras. Adebayo's prose is intimate, precise and quietly devastating. Ideal for readers of literary and contemporary fiction, this pairing offers a rich introduction to one of Nigeria's most acclaimed novelists.. About the Books:. Stay With Me, Adebayo's award-shortlisted debut, centres on Yejide, a young wife whose desperate longing for a child pushes her marriage to breaking point. Under pressure from a demanding mother-in-law and a husband who ultimately takes a second wife, Yejide is forced into choices that will haunt her for years. Set against the political unrest of 1980s Nigeria, the novel weaves grief, secrecy and enduring love into an unforgettable portrait of a marriage under strain. It was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize, and has since been translated into around twenty languages worldwide.. A Spell of Good Things, Adebayo's Booker Prize-longlisted second novel, moves into a more contemporary Nigeria and follows two families on a collision course. Eniola is a tall, ambitious teenager whose family has fallen into poverty after his father loses his job, while Wuraola is an exhausted young doctor from a wealthier household, worn down by the demands of her first year in practice. When a local politician takes a sudden interest in Eniola and violence erupts at a family celebration, their two very different worlds are thrown together, exposing deep divides of class, power and privilege. Together, the two novels reveal Adebayo's skill at combining intimate