Rebecca meets Fleabag in a sharp and funny debut novel about dating in the internet age.
After Ana flees to Melbourne in the wake of a breakup, all she has to show for herself is an unfulfilling job 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 tries to let their relationship unfold IRL, but she can't resist the urge to find him online. When she discovers that his previous girlfriend, Emily, died in a hit and run, she begins to worry that she's living in the shadow of his lost love. Online, Evan and Emily's life together looked perfect-but just how perfect was it? And why won't he talk about it?
Perceptive and original, full of both pathos and humour, Search History explores the uncertainties of twenty-first-century romance. Ana's journey down the internet rabbit hole of modern dating asks the question: Which is our 'true' self-the one we show to the world online, or the one we keep to ourselves?
'[A] quick-witted debut novel . . . [Amy] Taylor writes in crisp and clever strokes . . . Search History is a light-hearted and earnest take on the challenges that courting has for those eager to hit search before the reply button.' BOOKS+PUBLISHING
'Perfectly captures the tragedy and comedy that is living and loving online . . . with wit, humour and insight.' DIANA REID, author of Signs of Damage
