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Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke

Tradwife influencer Natalie Heller Mills sells raw milk, sourdough, and a pioneer life on Idaho's Yesteryear Ranch — nannies, producers, and industrial ovens safely off-camera. Then she wakes in what seems to be 1855: no electricity, children she does not recognize, and a husband who is suddenly competent and cruel. Caro Claire Burke's debut is a satirical thriller about fame, faith, and the performance of womanhood, told in two timelines that refuse to let the feed stay pretty.

“My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive.”

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Yesteryear Icebreakers

Answer in under 30 seconds. These connect to the book’s themes without spoiling the story.

  1. Personality Reveal

    1. Are you more likely to curate every photo before you post it, or hit share while the soup is still ugly?

  2. Personality Reveal

    2. When someone misunderstands your life from the outside, do you correct them immediately or let the wrong version run?

  3. Personality Reveal

    3. Are you the person who needs a project at all times, or the person who goes feral without a blank afternoon?

  4. Funny & Light

    4. What household chore would instantly expose you as a fraud if you had to film it with no cuts?

  5. Funny & Light

    5. What's the most "lived-in but actually staged" thing in your home that guests think is accidental?

  6. Funny & Light

    6. What's one skill you have implied you possess that would collapse in a power outage?

  7. Would You Rather

    7. Would you rather have a million strangers adore a fake version of you, or twenty people know the unedited one?

  8. Would You Rather

    8. Would you rather live a hard life that is exactly what it looks like, or an easy life that requires constant explaining off-camera?

  9. Would You Rather

    9. Would you rather be famous for a life you actually hate, or unknown for a life you quietly love?

  10. Hot Take

    10. Hot take: most "simple living" content is just wealth with better lighting. Agree or disagree?

  11. Hot Take

    11. Hot take: posting your children online is never fully innocent, no matter how cute the caption. Agree or disagree?

  12. Hot Take

    12. Finish this sentence: "The most overrated sign that someone has their life together is ______."

  13. Personal Connection

    13. What's one part of your life that looks calmer from the outside than it feels from the inside?

  14. Personal Connection

    14. Who in your life would notice first if you started performing a version of yourself that wasn't true?

  15. Personal Connection

    15. What's one expectation you inherited about how a "good" adult should look — and have you kept it, rewritten it, or quietly dropped it?