Reading Adventure: "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke

This September we're trying something new, a book based on a real person (Ballerina Farms) but fictionalized. Because lawsuits... This story is suppose to be THE book club obsession of 2026. An adaption to film is already in the works. So let’s crack it open and see if the hype holds up . . .

A beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of churning butter, raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of the mid-1800s. Where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this debut novel.

My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I lived the perfect life . . .

My charming farmhouse was artfully cluttered, my husband was a handsome cowboy, and my homemade desserts were pieces of art. So what if there were nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What my followers didn’t know won’t hurt them.

And now, I know just one thing for sure. I must escape. By any means possible.
[mashed-up Publisher blurbs]

400 pgs
historical fiction