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Une fille un style @the.may.chronicles porte les iconiques KINA @carelparis la best seller la plus copiée de la maison CAREL.
Comme disait Gabrielle Chanel « il n’y a pas de succès sans copie et sans imitation ! »
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

This timely, satirical novel about a glorified “trad wife” influencer being thrown back to the pioneer era in 1805, where the “traditional” life is the norm, has been creating quite a commotion since its publication was announced. Like many, I was immediately intrigued by the premise.

I have to say, I was wildly entertained throughout the book. It was surprisingly gritty, with far more swearing than I expected, and consistently engaging. Natalie is a fascinating character. She presents herself as a traditional wife, yet does not fully embrace the values that identity is rooted in, whether she admits it to herself or not.

She constantly talks down on working, non-religious women, labeling them “angry women” with almost theatrical intensity. It often feels as if she is trying to convince herself that her chosen life is superior, even as she quietly drowns in it. Day after day, she maintains the illusion of a “perfect” family despite a deadbeat partner and high-pressure, problematic in-laws obsessed with public image. Yet somehow, she frames her chosen misery as preferable and morally superior to that of other women. It is, quite simply, exhausting to be a woman.

Admittedly, it’s a poster child for “smart women with loser men” literature, and unsurprisingly, the woman is highly unlikable. There are many layers to that, and it reminds me of broader conversations about why society so often finds ways to demonize educated women (but I digress).

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4/5⭐️

🤍 thank you @aaknopf for gifting me a copy of yesterday! all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Welcome to the world, Margaret ‘Margot’ May Fullerton 🤍
The beginning of our favorite story.

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