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The Farm is a 2019 novel by Joanne Ramos about a commercial surrogacy facility in upstate New York. The facility offers affluent clients the opportunity to arrange pregnancies carried by women who are paid for the service, while the workers live under institutional rules and economic pressure. The novel examines class inequality, reproductive labor, immigration, race, and the unequal distribution of choice within a technologically organized fertility industry.
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What is The Farm by Joanne Ramos about?
The Farm is a 2019 dystopian novel about a commercial surrogacy facility in upstate New York. Wealthy clients arrange pregnancies through women who are paid to serve as surrogates.
Why is the facility called The Farm?
The name presents the surrogacy center as a controlled, productive environment. The women live under institutional rules while their pregnancies are managed for paying clients.
What conflict drives The Farm?
The novel explores the unequal power between affluent intended parents and economically vulnerable surrogate workers. It asks whether financial opportunity can make a tightly controlled reproductive system fair.
Who published The Farm?
The Farm was written by Joanne Ramos and published in 2019. It is a contemporary dystopian novel rather than a historical account of real surrogacy facilities.
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