Yesteryear

About the book

A sharp, unsettling novel about nostalgia, identity and the stories we tell ourselves to keep the past alive. Caro Claire Burke writes with a strange, mesmerising clarity that makes the familiar feel newly uncomfortable.

What I thought

Maddening in the best way. It keeps circling back long after you finish it — the kind of book that makes you question how much of your own past you have quietly rewritten.

Favourite ideas & themes

• nostalgia
• identity
• memory
• storytelling

My verdict

Strange, clever and hard to shake.