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Search History: A Novel
The Dial Press
ISBN13:
9780593595572
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A young womans online obsession with her new boyfriends deceased ex fuels this piercing and honest debut novel, a serious blend of Fleabag and Rebecca with the pulse of modern-day existence (Weike Wang, author of Joan Is Okay). [A] sharp and pacy cautionary tale for the extremely online.The Guardian My fingers itched to put his name into the search bar. Once Id found him, Id have the cheat sheet. After Ana flees to Melbourne in the wake of a breakup, all she has to show for herself is an unfulfilling job at an overly enthusiastic tech start-up and one particularly questionable dating app experience. Then she meets Evan. Charming, kind, and responsible, Evan is a complete deviation from her usual type; Ana feels like she has finally awoken from a long dating nightmare. As much as she tries to let their relationship unfold IRL, Ana cant resist the urge to find Evan online. When she discovers that his previous girlfriend, Emily, died unexpectedly in a hit-and-run less than a year ago, Ana begins to worry that shes living in the shadow of his lost love. Soon shes obsessively comparing herself to Emily, trawling through her dormant social media accounts in the hope of understanding her better. Online, Evan and Emilys life together looked perfectbut just how perfect was it? And why wont he talk about it? Perceptive and original, full of both pathos and humor, Search History explores the contradictions and uncertainties of twenty-first-century romance. Anas journey down the internet rabbit hole of modern dating asks the question: Which is our true selfthe one we show to the world online, or the one we keep to ourselves?
- | Author: Amy Taylor
- | Publisher: The Dial Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 288 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0593595572
- | ISBN-13: 9780593595572
- Author:
- Amy Taylor
- Publisher:
- The Dial Press
- Publication Date:
- Nov 07, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 288 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0593595572
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593595572