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"Yesteryear is the story of a similar influencer with a seemingly perfect life on camera. She has six children and a wealthy husband with a hefty inheritance from his family of U.S. senators, plus two nannies and a video producer on her payroll that make her image possible. So when Natalie wakes up one day to find herself in a house from 1855 - stuck with the amenities of that era, whose aesthetic she publicly idealizes - her instinct is to find a way back to her charming 21st-century farmhouse in Idaho."

"Deeply funny and thought-provoking at the same time, this book beckons to be devoured in one sitting."

"Andrew Sean Greer might be splitting his time between San Francisco and Venice, but his writing will always remain quintessentially San Franciscan to me. After his Pulitzer-winning Less and its marginally less-lauded sequel Less Is Lost, Greer's new novel Villa Coco conceives another flawed yet loveable gay protagonist navigating his career (this time, as a budding archivist) and romance. He's entangled with a married man, and he helps the 92-year-old Baronessa Coco on a mission to locate the love of her life and reunite before it's too late."

"In the coastal town of Monterey, a homicide investigation reveals a fractured community behind the beautiful homes and pearl-white fake smiles. When Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon joined forces to adapt Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies for TV, that's the story they decided to tell - even though the original novel took place in Sydney, Australia. Her long-awaited sequel will provide direction for the HBO show's third season, presumably starring Kidman and Witherspoon alongside series reg"

A story centers on an influencer with a seemingly perfect life built on wealth, multiple helpers, and carefully produced imagery. Natalie wakes up in a house from 1855, with period amenities matching an aesthetic she publicly idealizes. Her instinct is to escape back to her 21st-century farmhouse in Idaho, creating humor and reflection about performance and control. Another upcoming novel follows a flawed yet lovable gay protagonist working as an archivist, entangled with a married man while helping a 92-year-old baronessa find the love of her life before time runs out. A separate upcoming sequel is set in Monterey, where a homicide investigation exposes a fractured community behind beautiful homes and fake smiles, aligning with a TV adaptation’s direction.

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