# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: "Fallow is a spectacular debut: hilarious, sly, sharp, and extraordinarily thoughtful." - Lauren GroffAbout this EventJoin us for an event with Sarah Anderson to celebrate the release of Fallow. For this event, Sarah will be joined in conversation by Sara Levine.This event is free to attend! Registration is requested, but not required.Slyly funny and disarmingly tender, Fallow is the story of a young woman who signs up to be the world’s first in-house corporate surrogate, then finds herself caught up in a social experiment of another kind.Natalie knows one truth: There is no such thing as a good job.As the clock ticks away at the workplace harassment call center, she tries to ignore the increasing pain in her jaw. She has no dental insurance. She has no skills or ambitions. She has student loans. And, minute by minute, she hears the many ways workers are not just not getting by, but actually getting hustled.Then, at the blood bank where she sells her plasma, a mysterious flyer leads her to The Company. Natalie turns out to be the perfect candidate for their pilot program: in-house surrogate. The Company pitches it as an opportunity to help women access greater gender equity, motherhood without maternity leave. Finally, she will be adequately—generously—compensated.For years, her every need is met: stacks of healthy meals in the refrigerator of a luxury condo, fitness coaches and nutritionists, around-the-clock healthcare. Between deliveries, she takes time off—no obligations or expectations. For the first time in her life, she is good at her job; for the first time, she feels free.But just as she’s about to fulfill the terms of her contract, a staffing decision upends everything and drags her deep into another social experiment. There she meets new questions about her future, her freedom, her purpose, and what she can expect from the world.Woundingly funny and deeply moving, Sarah Anderson’s Fallow is a tender, hilarious, alarmingly real vision of a woman balancing on the knife-edge of capitalism as she comes to realize who she wants to be.Sarah Anderson is a graduate of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, where she won two Hopwood Awards. Her story “Take Me to Kirkland,” originally published in Joyland, is featured in The Best American Short Stories 2025.Sara Levine is the author of the novels The Hitch (A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Pick, People Best Book of the Month, and NPR Book of the Day) andTreasure Island!!!. She teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are strongly encouraged for this event. We have one industrial air purifier, two smaller air purifiers, and four ceiling fans throughout our space. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other access needs please email . - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-fallow-by-sarah-anderson/100001998645135402 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Women & Children First - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Women & Children First - **lat**: 41.97722220000001 - **long**: -87.6682417 - **full address**: Women & Children First, 5233 North Clark Street, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/86f27e3273f8fcc894d7a63a19044b5eed6c39391f196c99b845f5ec614629d9-rimg-w1200-h600-dc388848-gmir.jpg?v=1787696199 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson being held? - **A:** Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson takes place on Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Women & Children First, 5233 North Clark Street, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson? - **A:** Book Event: Fallow by Sarah Anderson is organized by Women & Children First. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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