Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

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A "perfect" tradwife influencer wakes up trapped in the 1800s farm life she's been faking for Instagram — and she has to figure out if it's a hoax, a hidden-camera stunt, or something impossible.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and GMA Book Club pick, praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a remarkable debut — both a book for the moment and one that will endure."

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About the book:

Natalie Heller Mills has millions of followers who believe she lives a flawless, old-fashioned farm life on her idyllic Idaho homestead, "Yesteryear." She churns butter, bakes bread, and tends chickens in curated photos — but her followers never see the nannies, producers, and modern conveniences propping it all up.

When a producer she hires to grow her platform starts exposing the gap between Online Natalie and the real one, her perfectly staged life begins to unravel. Then, after an unaccounted stretch of time, Natalie wakes up living an unpolished, brutal version of "Yesteryear" in 1855.

Her children don't recognize her. Her husband looks the same but acts like a stranger.

Natalie must figure out whether she's the victim of a prank, a hidden reality show, or something she can't yet explain — all while confronting how much of her "perfect" life was ever real to begin with.

A "perfect" tradwife influencer wakes up trapped in the 1800s farm life she's been faking for Instagram — and she has to figure out if it's a hoax, a hidden-camera stunt, or something impossible.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and GMA Book Club pick, praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a remarkable debut — both a book for the moment and one that will endure."

Rent new hardcover on Trove: $11.99 - Each rental copy can be rented for 30 days. If you love the book and decide to keep it, the remaining balance applies.

Buy new hardcover on Trove: $30.00

____________________________________

About the book:

Natalie Heller Mills has millions of followers who believe she lives a flawless, old-fashioned farm life on her idyllic Idaho homestead, "Yesteryear." She churns butter, bakes bread, and tends chickens in curated photos — but her followers never see the nannies, producers, and modern conveniences propping it all up.

When a producer she hires to grow her platform starts exposing the gap between Online Natalie and the real one, her perfectly staged life begins to unravel. Then, after an unaccounted stretch of time, Natalie wakes up living an unpolished, brutal version of "Yesteryear" in 1855.

Her children don't recognize her. Her husband looks the same but acts like a stranger.

Natalie must figure out whether she's the victim of a prank, a hidden reality show, or something she can't yet explain — all while confronting how much of her "perfect" life was ever real to begin with.

This book is for you if:

  • You love a sharp, funny satire that skewers influencers and “tradwife” lifestyle.

  • You want a narrator who is kinda bitchy, vain, and self-absorbed — yet somehow you like rooting for her.

  • You’re drawn to genre-blending fiction that mixes psychological suspense and social commentary.

  • You want a page-turner premise (is it a hoax? a time slip? a nightmare?) that keeps you guessing until the end.

  • You like reading buzzy debuts early — this one is already a #1 New York Times bestseller, a GMA Book Club pick, and in development as a film starring Anne Hathaway.

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