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Yesteryear - Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 7th September

Yesteryear - Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 7th September

£147.00
£147.00
£147.00
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Read and discuss the book of the moment: a satire about showing your perfect life - dark, satirical, inventive and thought-provoking  

Highlights

  • Join this English book group and gain extra motivation to read in English
  • 7 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
  • Discuss curated perfect lives and women's historical experience
  • Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes

Practise and develop your English online in this 7 week English book group course using the international bestseller Yesteryear.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

The Book Club book

Natalie lives on her "Yesteryear" farm - living a traditional lifestyle of baking and milking and washing by hand.  She has millions of followers on Instagram and a handsome cowboy husband.  Yes, she is cheating - she has a team of people to help behind the scenes, central heating and a hi-tech oven.  But her followers don’t know that.

Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in 1855. Everything is the same, except she is now in the past with no help, no technology. What has happened - is this a hoax? A reality show? Has she time travelled? This isn't Natalie's perfect life and she has to escape.

This is a highly talked about book; shocking and gripping, as well as thought-provoking social commentary.  

'MADDENING, MESMERISING, INGENIOUS’ – NEW YORK TIMES

'INTELLIGENT, INCISIVE, INSANELY READABLE’ – JENNIE GODFREY

'DERANGED, DARING, CLEVERLY WRITTEN’ – VOGUE


 Geoff says:

"This book is what everyone is talking about!  It's a gripping satirical thriller with a really original and unusual narrator.  Come and join the conversation!"


The book
  • Genre: Thriller, suspense, psychological fiction, satire
  • Language: American English; Modern
  • Suitable for: Upper Intermediate 
  • Text: Original 
  • Length: Average weekly read:  65 pages
Dates & time
  • Mondays from 7th September-19th October
  • 18.30 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU)
  • 17.30 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal
  • 19.30 Greece, Ukraine
  • 19.30 Turkey, Saudi Arabia
  • 12.30 EST (New York/Boston)
  • 13.30 Brasília BRT, (UTC -3:00)

or

  • Tuesdays from 8th September-22nd October
  • 13.00 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU);
  • 12.00 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal
  • 14.00 CET Turkey, Greece, Saudi Arabia, 
  • 07.00 EDT Boston/New York
  • 08.00 Brasília BRT, (UTC -3:00)
  • 20.00 Seoul/Tokyo

or

  • Wednesdays from 9th September-21st October
  • 17.30 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU)
  • 16.30 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal
  • 18.30 Greece, Ukraine
  • 18.30 Turkey, Saudi Arabia
  • 11.30 EST (New York/Boston)
  • 12.30 Brasília BRT, (UTC -3:00)
Age 18+
Online class size Maximum 8 participants, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion
What you learn
  • To express your ideas clearly, concisely & accurately
  • To improve specific areas of grammar and vocabulary
  • To stop making repeated errors and mistakes  
  • To summarise arguments, highlighting significant points
  • To develop discussions with related comments & feedback
  • To overcome any gaps by paraphrasing or rephrasing
  • To socialise fluently and spontaneously 
Your teacher
  • Geoff Hardy-Gould, BSc, MBA, CTEFLA, DTEFLA. 
  • Over 20 years' experience of UK language schools. 
  • Speaker at:  2026 IATEFL Conference; 2025 Literature SIG Conference; 2024 IATEFL Conference; 2023 IATEFL TechLit! Exploring crossovers between technology and literature; 2022 Extensive Reading Foundation; 2021 TESOL Italia

Only 8 places available.  Click Add to Cart above to reserve your place.