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- Hello and welcome to your PCJ pop, I'm Olivia.

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- And I'm Shauna.

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- And this week we're gonna continue

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with the book Pops for the Week.

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- Well I have been absolutely sucked in by a book

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that has kind of taken the press by Storm.

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It's called "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke.

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- Shauna, have you heard anything about this?

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- That's not.

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- Okay, so it is a satirical novel

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about a tradwife social media influencer

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who wakes up to find herself in 1855,

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forced to live the harsh traditional farm life.

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She only pretends to portray online,

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leaning to dark and humorous exploration of fame,

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motherhood and faith as she navigates a nightmare

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of reality.

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- That sounds amazing.

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I just read a book called "Tradwife."

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- Okay, yes, Sarah.

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- Sarah Toga, a couple months ago.

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- Yeah, I remember.

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- It was totally muted.

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- Yeah, so it's so good.

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- So at publishing time when this book was released

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and "Hathaway" bought the rights to this movie,

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it's unclear if she is going to be the person

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who plays the main character in it,

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but it's very, very good.

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I'm like halfway through it right now.

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I will say it is such a timely introspection

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into that world of religion, traditional marital values.

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I will say the women's rights.

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The first 10 chapters, this woman sucks,

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but that's kind of the whole point of it.

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So it's very, very good.

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It's very interesting.

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So the writer is actually a TikTok influencer,

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followed her for a long time.

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She's like a podcast as well,

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where she really looks at,

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okay, what are we trying to say

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with this child white prize?

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And so she's written quite a few articles about it

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and then started to write this book.

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And I think it is just really, really amazing

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and great writing.

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And I love to see these people who we look at

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as influencers where it's, oh, it's so vapid,

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but they really do have interesting things to say.

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So I'm all here for smart and intelligent women

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expanding and showing that they have something

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interesting to say.

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- Like us.

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- Yeah, they're not just talking to their phones.

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You know, they have the capacity and ability

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to really analyze these things

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and what it means to be a woman today.

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So one more time, what is it called in?

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Who's the author?

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- Yesteryear by Carro Claire Burke.

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You can find it on Spotify if you have premium,

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but also at your local library, very, very good.

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Right now it's only hardcover.

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So if you are a paperback person, I am sorry.

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- But that's gonna be it for your PCJ Pop.

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