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GMA Book Club Picks Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear, a Sharp Send‑Up of Tradwife Influencer Culture

The pick underscores a debut probing how curated domesticity translates into real influence.

Overview

  • Good Morning America named Yesteryear its April 2026 Book Club selection as the novel publishes from Knopf on April 7.
  • The story follows Natalie Heller Mills, a Christian tradwife influencer who wakes on an 1855 homestead and must live the pioneer ideal she markets online.
  • Early reviews from the Los Angeles Times, BookPage, and the Boston Globe praise the novel’s blend of satire and suspense and flag a provocative tone that may divide readers.
  • Movie rights sold before publication with Anne Hathaway attached, and Burke says she is an executive producer consulting on a script now in rewrites.
  • Coverage highlights the book’s critique of the attention economy, the tradwife and manosphere subcultures, and the real‑world spillover into family life and politics that can follow staged perfection.