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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lucy Knight

My month in the tradwife world: ‘I can’t pretend I’m not enjoying myself at all ...’

Lucy Knight tries out tradwife recipes at home by making focaccia from scratch
‘I was reminded how relaxing I find it to make bread.’ Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

‘No one I know wants to go spend their one wild and magical life being a shill for some billionaire tech asshole,” says Shannon, a character in Yesteryear, the buzzy new novel about a tradwife influencer by Caro Claire Burke. Shannon is a gen Z woman who is working as a producer for the protagonist, Natalie, a 32-year-old social media star seemingly with more than a little in common with some aspects of the real-life influencer Hannah Neeleman, who rose to fame documenting her life as a wife and mother on her ranch, Ballerina Farm.

“Just so they can breastfeed in a broom closet someday,” Natalie quips back.

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