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Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke

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English
Fourth Estate Ltd
28 April 2026
'THE BOOK THAT WILL BE EVERYWHERE IN 2026' INDEPENDENT

'EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT!' JENNIE GODFREY

'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT' STYLIST

'BOLD, BITING. WILL LEAVE YOU GASPING' NITA PROSE

‘WICKEDLY FUNNY' ABIGAIL DEAN

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

'INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE' ASHLEY AUDRAIN

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

'My name is 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? Natalie knows just two things for sure: this isn't her perfect life, and she must escape, by any means possible.

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Imprint:   Fourth Estate Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   270g
ISBN:   9780008742775
ISBN 10:   0008742774
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Caro Claire Burke received her Master's in Fine Arts from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She is the co-host of Diabolical Lies, a politics and culture podcast. Yesteryear is her first novel.

Reviews for Yesteryear

'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 ‘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 '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


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