Genre: Satirical Thriller / Dark Fiction
Goodreads Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.22
Language: English
Page Length: 400 pages
Description:
Natalie Heller Mills is perfect at being alive or at least, that's what eight million social media followers believe. As the face of Yesteryear Ranch, she sells a pioneer fantasy: homemade jam, raw milk, a handsome cowboy husband, and six rosy cheeked children. The reality of course, is quite different, nannies, producers, and industrial fridges lurking behind the rustic aesthetic. But then Natalie wakes up and the farmhouse has no electricity, her children are dirty and strange, her husband is suddenly competent with an axe., and everything points to the unthinkable: she has been transported to 1855.
Perfect For:
• Readers who enjoy dark satire
• Fans of “The Handmaid's Tale” and “Gone Girl”
• For those interested in the tradwife phenomenon and the performance of perfection online
PUBLISHER: Knopf
BINDING: Hardcover
PUBLICATION DATE: April 7, 2026
DIMENSIONS: 6.48 x 1.32 x 9.55 inches
ISBN: 9780593804216
Genre: Satirical Thriller / Dark Fiction
Goodreads Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.22
Language: English
Page Length: 400 pages
Description:
Natalie Heller Mills is perfect at being alive or at least, that's what eight million social media followers believe. As the face of Yesteryear Ranch, she sells a pioneer fantasy: homemade jam, raw milk, a handsome cowboy husband, and six rosy cheeked children. The reality of course, is quite different, nannies, producers, and industrial fridges lurking behind the rustic aesthetic. But then Natalie wakes up and the farmhouse has no electricity, her children are dirty and strange, her husband is suddenly competent with an axe., and everything points to the unthinkable: she has been transported to 1855.
Perfect For:
• Readers who enjoy dark satire
• Fans of “The Handmaid's Tale” and “Gone Girl”
• For those interested in the tradwife phenomenon and the performance of perfection online
PUBLISHER: Knopf
BINDING: Hardcover
PUBLICATION DATE: April 7, 2026
DIMENSIONS: 6.48 x 1.32 x 9.55 inches
ISBN: 9780593804216