Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel

“Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke is our “GMA” Book Club pick for April.

Burke, who received her Master of Fine Arts from the Bennington Writing Seminars, is the co-host of the politics and culture podcast “Diabolical Lies,” and “Yesteryear” is her first novel.

The book follows Natalie Heller Mills, a “traditional” American wife and mother who has built a massive social media following by sharing her picturesque pioneer-inspired lifestyle — raw milk, farm-fresh eggs and all — with her millions of devoted followers.

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Natalie’s life appears perfect. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband is a handsome cowboy and her six children are each more delightful than the last. What her followers don’t see, however, are the nannies and producers behind the scenes, the industrial-grade appliances hidden in her kitchen, or the ways in which she has carefully curated her image to build a thriving brand and online empire.

“What Natalie’s followers — all 8 million of them — don’t know won’t hurt them,” a synopsis reads. “And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal — and just so happens to be building an empire from it.”