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The Farm: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick

The Farm: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick

by JoanneRamos (Author)

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    Hardcover 2019

    $3.44
Synopsis

What would you sacrifice for a new life? Sharp, compulsive and darkly funny, The Farm is an unforgettable novel about a world within touching distance of our own. Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry - where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the rules. Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future. Stuck living in a cramped dorm with her baby daughter and shrewd aunt Ate, she sees an unmissable chance to change her life. But at what cost? A novel that explores the role of luck and merit, class, ambition and sacrifice, The Farm is an unforgettable story about how we live and who truly holds power.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 07 May 2019
ISBN 10: 1526605252
ISBN 13: 9781526605252
Book Overview: What would you sacrifice for a new life? Sharp, compulsive and darkly funny, The Farm is an unforgettable novel about a world within touching distance of our own.

Media Reviews
Wow, Joanne Ramos has written the page-turner about immigrants chasing what's left of the American dream. Truly unforgettable * Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Lake Success *
A chillingly plausible imagination of the future of pregnancy in a world of ever-greater inequality ... Sharply prescient, and terrifying too * Sophie Mackintosh, author of the Booker-longlisted The Water Cure *
The Farm terrifies with a simple question: How much of ourselves are we willing to sell? With characters so real they leap off the page, Ramos yanks the reader into a world of Haves and Have-Nots, and her question lingers long after we turn the final page * Christina Dalcher, author of Vox *
A highly original and provocative story about the impossible choices in so many women's lives. These characters will stay with me for a long time * Karen Thompson Walker, author of THE AGE OF MIRACLES *
Author Bio
Joanne Ramos was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was six. She graduated with a BA from Princeton University. After working in investment banking and private-equity investing for several years, she wrote for the Economist as a staff writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children. This is her first novel.