Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Novel

De: Caro Claire Burke

Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman

#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 1855—where 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 Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it.

Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s 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 she’s 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.

Beautiful confusion

I absolutely love when a book keeps me on my toes and totally lost until the last possible moment. I didn’t see any of that coming but loved every second!

Wow

I haven’t been this surprised and delighted by a book since Donna Tartt’s “A Secret History”

Been so ready for a book of this caliber FOREVER.

Incredible Story

Just an incredibly well written book. I found it very hard to put down. Highly recommend.

Yes, you should read this book. You're welcome.

I'm going to admit that very little about this description made me want to give this book a read (or listen, in this case). But the preview was nice and I rather like the narrator in at least one previous book I listened to. I was surprised with how quickly I became engrossed in it. Chalk that up to great, witty writing and a compelling storyline. I had no idea how the author would make time travel possible. The resolution stopped me in my tracks. I was so invested in this story that, once completed, I immediately went back and listened to Part 1 just so I could know now what I didn't know then.

One of my favorite reads/listens ever.

This book is... not good.

Yesteryear has an interesting idea at the center of it, but the author does not really deeply explore the implications of that idea, and the characters are all cardboard. The writing features too much telling, not enough showing, a lot of cliché, and also very little research. I feel icky finishing it.