CARO CLAIRE BURKE
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GMA BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) A traditional American woman, a tradwife influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel.
"A bold and biting satire, Yesteryear
will have you cackling and gasping right to the final page."
Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series
My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalies followersall 8 million of themdont know wont hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? Theyre sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isnt simply living the good life, shes living the idealand just so happens to be building an empire from it.
Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isnt hers. Her home, her husband, her childrentheyre all familiar, but somethings off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now shes expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.
A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.
