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Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Publishing:9th Apr '26

£16.99

This title is due to be published on 9th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Yesteryear cover

‘The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid’s Tale’

'A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE' NITA PROSE

‘WICKEDLY FUNNY, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE' ABIGAIL DEAN

'INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE' ASHLEY AUDRAIN

'SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'THE STEPFORD WIVES MEETS THE HANDMAID'S TALE' HANNAH DEITCH

'My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.'

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalie’s followers don’t know won’t hurt them.

Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in a strange, horrible version of reality. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Is this a hoax? A reality show? A test from God? One thing Natalie does know is that it’ll make one hell of an Instagram post…

'A bold and biting satire, Yesteryear examines the power of social media to spin a lie so deep, it turns 'home sweet home' into a prison. Page-turning and illuminating, this caustic look at the tradwife will have you cackling and gasping right to the final page' Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid

'I could barely put this book down. Such a clever excavation of motherhood and faith and online fame. Highly original and utterly addictive' Louise O'Neill, author of Idol

‘Whenever I wasn’t reading this novel, my thoughts were circling it feverishly, desperate to get back. Yesteryear is unapologetically political fiction in the tradition of The Stepford Wives or The Handmaid’s Tale. Enraging, thrilling—often grimly funny in the way of good satire, but still intensely humane. Easily one of my favourites of the year’ Hannah Deitch, author of Killer Potential

‘Wickedly funny, beautifully written, and frighteningly perceptive. Caro Claire Burke doesn't just expose the underbelly of a tradwife's immaculate Instagram, but ideals of motherhood, marriage, and America. It's unforgettable. (How the hell could you forget Natalie?)’ Abigail Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl A

‘Yesteryear is the novel I didn’t know I needed. Inventive, addictive, and perfectly funny, this is a dark, biting social commentary on the many performances of modern womanhood and the cultural age we’re living in. A wild, thought-provoking ride, sure to be one of my favourite books of the year.’ Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push

‘Shot through with humour and yet laced with darkness, Yesteryear had me turning the pages late into the night’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of I Let You Go

ISBN: 9780008742768

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 21mm

Weight: 270g

400 pages