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Yesteryear

By: Caro Claire Burke
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER

'EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK' BELLA MACKIE

'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT' STYLIST

'MADDENING, MESMERISING, INGENIOUS' NEW YORK TIMES

'INTELLIGENT, INCISIVE, INSANELY READABLE' JENNIE GODFREY

'DERANGED, DARING, CLEVERLY WRITTEN' VOGUE

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

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and her followers are sick with envy. 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 her 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.

As darkly funny as it is shocking and gripping, Yesteryear is an electrifying examination of tradition, fame, faith and the grand performance of womanhood, from a thrilling new talent in fiction.

NOW BEING ADAPTED INTO A MAJOR FILM STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY

‘WICKEDLY FUNNY, FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE' ABIGAIL DEAN

'INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE' ASHLEY AUDRAIN

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

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

©2026 Caro Claire Burke (P)2026 Penguin Random House LLC
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Loved this so much! Totally absorbed from start to finish. The love / hate relationship of the trad wife laid bare with lots of twists and turns.

So on point

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I enjoyed this story despite loathing the protagonist with a passion. The Narrator was great!

Addictive

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The writing and story is wonderful. But the narration was fantastic! One of the most brilliantly narrated books I've listened to recently

One of the most brilliantly narrated books.

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Had me thinking the whole time. I didn't know whether to love the main character for her brutal honesty in how she saw others and just could not decide if she was the victim...or not! So much discussion to be had on this one, madè me think a lot about what women carry! Brilliant read/listen. I think I have to buy a hard copy of the book for this one to pour over the things I missed first time around.

Full of twists and turns

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This book was addictive. It interpreted so cleverly many of the current cultural conversations playing out around us. I love a book where you don’t actually like the main character, but you are still invested in their success. On top of that, the narration was outstanding.

It captured our present world perfectly.

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