The farm : a novel
(Book)

Includes a book club guide.

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2019."--Title page verso.

Nestled in New York's Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity; organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages - and all of it for free. In fact, you're paid big money to stay here. 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 “Host” at Golden Oaks-or the Farm, as residents call it. But when things don't seem right at home when her young daughter, Jane is determined to reconnect with her life outside, even if it means forfeiting the life-changing fee she'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. -- back cover.