I’ve been wanting to share the recipe for my Banana-pecan oatmeal muffins for a while and I finally found the book to pair it with!
Don’t worry, you don’t have to grow the bananas or thw oatmeal, or even make your own yogurt to make this one.
Summary:
Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible.
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My thoughts:
Throughout the book all I kept asking was What is going on? It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion but not really knowing if the train was real or not, it I was just a spectator, or a passenger or the driver. And I just couldn’t stop reading. What a wild ride! I’ve never disliked a MC as much as I disliked Natalie, like ever. Thing is, I don’t think we’re supposed to like her. We’re just there to see her rise and fall, how imperfect she is but at the same time how self-assured and completely convinced she’s in the right.
She’s a product, a victim and a perpetuator of the patriarchal environment she’s a part of.
And there’s no AHA moment for her, even as the world she built cracks and crumbles around her, she’s still unable to recognize the wrongs.
The narration by Rebecca Lowman was absolutely fantastic as Natalie, specially with her intrusive thoughts, she makes it feel so real.
Overall I thought it was a great exploration into relevant topics, in a way that’s almost uncomfortable and even a bit mind boggling.
Have you read this one? What did you think?
There are people who love it or hate it. I really enjoyed it, but don’t expect to like anyone in the book.
Enjoy!
For the love of Libros 