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Book Review: The Farm - Joanne Ramos

How much are you willing to pay for something that was once considered sacred? What is the price? A topic like no other. A book about surrogacy, about power, class and caste. A book about the server and the master. Till what length will you go for money? Will you go all the way? These questions are what this book highlights. The Farm, aptly titled is a place of paradise, with every amenity, all comforts taken care of for you. The only catch, you are pregnant and the baby is not yours. You would simply brush it off as a book about surrogacy, I would say, wait, read the title again. What does it say? The Farm. It is a farm, or more like a ranch except the babies here are human. Pregnant women, referred to as hosts throughout the book, sign away 9 months of their life to be constantly monitored in a comfortable facility designed with all possible luxuries to deliver the perfect kid for their high-profile clients. A lot of times, these hosts don't even know whose baby t