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Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay with Me ("A stunning debut novel... in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) 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. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, 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 an ascendant politician.