Yesteryear

About the book

Natalie has built an online empire around an idealized vision of the past. As a successful tradwife influencer, she shares a carefully curated life of homemade bread, traditional values and simple living with millions of followers. But when she wakes up one morning in the year 1855, the life she has been romanticizing suddenly becomes a reality.

What begins as a dream come true quickly turns into a harsh lesson in the realities of the past. As Natalie struggles to adapt to a world shaped by rigid gender roles, hard physical labor and limited freedoms, her beliefs about tradition, womanhood and authenticity begin to unravel.

Sharp, entertaining and surprisingly thought-provoking, Yesteryear explores social media culture, nostalgia and the stories we tell ourselves about history. A clever and compelling novel that asks what happens when our fantasies collide with reality.

Salka recommends

For readers who enjoy sharp, thought-provoking novels about womanhood, social media culture and the gap between image and reality.

For readers who…

• enjoy contemporary fiction with a speculative twist
• are interested in questions of gender, identity and tradition
• like novels that challenge romanticized ideas about the past
• enjoy book club reads that spark discussion