She Built an Empire Romanticizing 1855. Then She Woke Up There.
In Yesteryear, explosive debut novelist Caro Claire Burke delivers a razor-sharp, darkly funny satirical thriller that’s already a GMA Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller—with Anne Hathaway attached to star in the major motion picture adaptation.
Natalie Heller Mills is the perfect tradwife influencer. At Yesteryear Ranch in Idaho, she captivates 8 million followers with raw milk, farm-fresh eggs, barefoot kids, and her handsome cowboy husband. Behind the cameras? Nannies, producers, hidden modern appliances, and a carefully curated lie. Until one morning she wakes up cold, filthy, and terrified—trapped in the brutal, unfiltered reality of 1855.
No electricity. No escape. No filters. Her “perfect” pioneer family is suddenly real, and every romanticized fantasy has become a life-or-death struggle. As Natalie fights to survive the very life she sold online, she must unravel whether this is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, divine punishment… or something far darker.
Blending biting social commentary with pulse-pounding suspense, Yesteryear skewers influencer culture, tradwife aesthetics, performative motherhood, and the dangerous gap between online fantasy and brutal truth.
Perfect for fans of The Push, Gone Girl, and Yellowface—anyone who loves a page-turning satire that cuts deep.
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