Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke with Caro Claire Burke
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Hello, I'm Sarah Pascoe.
Hello, I'm Cariad Lloyd. And we're weird about books. We love to read. We read too much. We talk too much. About the too much that we've read. Which is why we've created the Weirdos Book Club. Join us. A space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated. A place for the person who'd love to be in a real book club but doesn't like wine or nibbles. Or being around other people. Is that you?
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This week, our book guest is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. What's it about? A trad wife Instagram influencer is sent back to the 1800s to discover how life really was in the past.
What qualifies it for the Weirdos Book Club? Well, living your life like it's the olden days is very weird.
In this episode, we discuss... Mirrors. Christians. Botox. TikTok. Feminism. And dingoes. And joining us this week is Caro herself. Caro is the co-host of the excellent podcast Diabolical Lies, and Yesteryear is her debut novel.
Hello and welcome to the podcast. Welcome.
Caro Clare Buck. You were just saying to Caro that she has a window at Foyles.
Yes, you've got a window at Foyles. I was there on Wednesday and I saw it on the way out. It's wonderful. I need to go check it out. I haven't seen it. I think it's worth going to have a look.
So you're here on your UK tour of your debut novel, which has had an incredible Incredible success. You hit the New York Times bestsellers list first week.
Yeah. And the Sunday Times as well. Yeah.
And Sunday Times. That is, I would say, a global success.
What is the book Yesteryear about?
It's crazy. Truly.
You can now say, character book, international success.
International bestseller. It's true. Yeah. They are rapidly trying to reprint the copies so that you can have them in the front to give me some legitimacy. Give it back.
We want to stop it with International Bestseller. Of course, because it's very rare for books to have that big land moment these days. Everybody wants that. But for a book to be able to do that is incredible. Congratulations.
Thank you. Thank you. I haven't processed it at all. Give me like a decade.
How does Caro Claire Burke define weirdness in literature?
Yeah. It'll be an odd nostalgic memory one day.
Yeah. That's my husband has taken to comforting me by saying, you don't always have to experience things as they're happening to you. You can experience it decades from now when you think about it.
I think some things are so big.
What themes are explored in Yesteryear regarding feminism?
How in evolution would a body ever be prepared to absorb that information that people in other countries are reading your book?
I never even imagined that I would sell a book in another country, let alone that I would be. I mean, it's truly beyond my wildest conception of my own career. And I definitely don't feel like I have gotten to the point of understanding that.
but I'm enjoying it I'm enjoying being here with you guys that's the main thing you don't have to process the moment but you try and enjoy the moment yeah because otherwise you get to 10 years and you're like I didn't even have a good time if your inner critic is trying to balance it out it has to say some quite extremely bad things to you yeah that's why I think you try and enjoy it if you can I'm an international bestseller yeah but you're a
Stupid bitch.
Seriously. I mean, honestly, I've been listening to Lena Dunham's memoir. That was Sarah's inner question. No, no, no. We were connecting on this earlier. I feel exactly the same way.
How does social media influence modern perceptions of beauty?
I am a stupid bitch. No, I've been listening to Lena Dunham's memoir kind of on repeat because I will never compare myself to her, but her experience with girls. There have been some comparisons where it's like all of a sudden you go... from just being like a person to having such a big moment with your debut. And God damn, am I grateful for that memoir. It's been so fun to listen to.
Well, there are very few people that will be able to understand it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:52
2
What is the book Yesteryear about?
1:52–2:18
3
How does Caro Claire Burke define weirdness in literature?
2:18–2:34
4
What themes are explored in Yesteryear regarding feminism?
2:34–3:29
5
How does social media influence modern perceptions of beauty?
3:29–5:48
6
What are the implications of trad wife culture discussed in the episode?
5:48–7:47
7
How does the podcast address the concept of financial abuse?
7:47–13:14
8
What insights does Caro share about the writing process?
13:14–55:53
Speakers
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