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Yesteryear
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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Plan your meeting
Yesteryear This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Sourdough for the grid or Toast nobody photographs?
- 2. Raw-milk caption or Grocery-store carton, no speech?
- 3. Gingham and mason jars or A kitchen that actually looks used?
- 4. Industrial oven off-camera or A fire that takes an hour to catch?
- 5. Prairie dress or The Target run in real clothes?
- 6. Eight million followers or Nobody knows your ranch's name?
- 7. Homemade jam as content or Store jam, better afternoon?
- 8. Nannies in the next room or You and the children, no crew?
- 9. Coffee at sunrise for the caption or Tea at noon because the laundry won?
- 10. Sparkling water in a pretty glass or Lemonade in a tin cup?