Yesteryear Deep Dive: Let Women Be Awful!
About this episode
C + C discuss the satirical novel 'Yesteryear' and its themes surrounding traditional women's roles and societal expectations.
C + C take on the buzziest release of the year in this special Book Club edition of The Discourse. Yesteryear is writer-cum-podcaster Caro Claire Burke's debut novel, a satirical portrayal of tradwife influencing taken to its extreme. Since its April release, Yesteryear's detestable protagonist and undeniably compelling premise have been the subject of much online discourse. The book is told from the perspective of Natalie Heller-Mills, a popular “tradwife”-style influencer whose life and work revolves around her picture-perfect Idaho farm, aptly named “Yesteryear.” She and her husband Caleb—the spoiled youngest boy from an American political dynasty that appears to be part-Kennedy, part-Bush in its inspiration—have five kids between them (put a pin in that), and a sixth on the way. The crux of the novel arrives when Natalie wakes up one morning in 1850 and is forced to confront the harsh reality of the “traditional” life she claims to want. Bitter cold mornings, rock-hard bread, and a husband who is all-too-eager to slap her around for her misdeeds. Can she survive the real yesteryear ? Join C + C for yet another romp through the world of tradwifery, religious fundamentalism…
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