The Farm: A Novel

The Farm: A Novel

NATIONAL BESTSELLER â€¢ Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules.

Skimm Reads Pick â€¢ People Book of the Week â€¢Â Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize â€¢Â â€œ[Joanne] Ramosâ€™s debut novel couldnâ€™t be more relevant or timely.â€â€”O: The Oprah Magazine

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYÂ Time â€¢ Glamour â€¢ Real Simple â€¢Â Good Housekeeping â€¢ Marie Claire â€¢ Town & Country

Nestled in New Yorkâ€™s Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massagesâ€”and all of it for free. In fact, youâ€™re paid big money to stay hereâ€”more than youâ€™ve ever dreamed of. The catch? For nine months, you cannot leave the grounds, your movements are monitored, and you are cut off from your former life while you dedicate yourself to the task of producing the perfect baby. For someone else.

Jane, an immigrant from the Philippines, is in desperate search of a better future when she commits to being a â€œHostâ€ at Golden Oaksâ€”or the Farm, as residents call it. But now pregnant, fragile, consumed with worry for her family, Jane is determined to reconnect with her life outside. Yet she cannot leave the Farm or she will lose the life-changing fee sheâ€™ll receive on the delivery of her child.

Gripping, provocative, heartbreaking, The Farm pushes to the extremes our thinking on motherhood, money, and merit and raises crucial questions about the trade-offs women will make to fortify their futures and the futures of those they love.

Praise for The Farm

â€œSo many factorsâ€”gender, race, religion, classâ€”may determine where you come down on the surrogacy debate. . . . Ramos plays with many of these notions in her debut novel,Â The Farm, which imagines what might happen were surrogacy taken to its high-capitalist extreme. . . . The stage is set for lively book chat.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ€™ Choice)

â€œA thrilling read.â€â€”New YorkÂ

â€œGrippingly realistic.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly

â€œBrilliant.â€â€”New York Post

â€œA provocative idea, and Ramos nails it . . . Crisp and believable, this smart debut links the poor and the 1 percent in a unique transaction that turns out to be mutually rewarding.â€â€”People

â€œWow, Joanne Ramos has writtenÂ theÂ page-turner about immigrants chasing whatâ€™s left of the American dream. . . . Truly unforgettable.â€â€”Gary Shteyngart,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ Super Sad True Love StoryÂ andÂ Lake Success
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-05-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781984853752

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2019-05-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781984853752

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