The Farm

THE MUST-READ DEBUT NOVEL OF 2019. A sharp, compulsive and darkly funny novel about four very different women and a luxury retreat with a difference. Golden Oaks is the next big thing in the fertility economy. Backed by a multibillion-dollar conglomerate, 'The Farm' is fitted with every amenity for surrogate mothers whose job is to bring babies of the very rich to term. Jane, a young Filipina immigrant, hopes the money she earns at the Farm will buy her daughter a better future. She is urged along by her cousin Ate, a shrewd baby nurse with plans of her own. Reagan, an idealistic college graduate and Jane's roommate at the Farm, is trying to break free of a domineering father. And Mae, the Farm's director, harbours ambitions far beyond the boundaries of Golden Oaks. As the lives of these four very different women intersect, the novel raises questions about motherhood, friendship, wealth and the nature of sacrifice. Welcome to the Farm.