{"product_id":"caitlin-farrugia-search-histories","title":"Caitlin Farrugia, Search Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoogle is our friend, our guide and our priest. With 8.5 billion Google searches everyday, 99,000 happening right this second, we are a symphony of the stressed and self-pitying, constantly asking for validation and reassurance. This collection is what it means to be alive today even if it’s, \u003cem\u003eWhere will my money go if I have no family?\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eEd Sheeran hair\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre-defying, raucous and elliptical, \u003cem\u003eSearch Histories\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of short (short) prose about what people google in a specific time of their lives, however significant or mundane. Epigrammatic, wicked, and hilarious, composed only of what people might have typed into Google, this book is a look at our fears, existential wonders, suffering and inconsequential streams of consciousness. This collection of vignettes shows just how boring but funny the monotony of everyday life is through characters dealing with identity struggle, loneliness, burnout, financial stress, strained relationships, spiralling worry, sadness and desperation. \u003cem\u003eSearch Histories\u003c\/em\u003e is all about humanity’s insecurities, \u003cem\u003eDo chicks like dudes in leather jackets\u003c\/em\u003e, curiosities, \u003cem\u003epics of boobs women\u003c\/em\u003e, and vulnerabilities, \u003cem\u003eHas anyone else said sorry to a chair leg before reddit\u003c\/em\u003e. In a time of capitalising on our hobbies and incessant self-curation, private Google searches are perhaps the closest we get to a real portrayal of a person. Mostly funny, at times sad because it’s true, \u003cem\u003eSearch Histories\u003c\/em\u003e shows that people today are chronic overthinkers desperately hunting for the answers to: Who am I and is it ok?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is the laughter of recognition as insecurities and oddities pop up that many of us have either searched for online or thought about searching. There is the utter delight of wild searches from people we will never know but about whose lives we gain hilarious insight. The collection is equally moving. Mini narratives around loss and grief, anxiety and hope are heart-achingly poignant. Yet there is nothing sentimental or saccharine in this work. It is a documentation of human yearning and our very real vulnerabilities. \u003cstrong\u003eEmilie Collyer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Farrugia is a dark comedy writer and school teacher for education reform. Fascinated by people’s choices, behaviours, and (lack of) self-awareness, as well as intergenerational everything and absurdism. Her work is always about people and their everyday experiences that are often mundane but relatable. Mostly everything is funny, mostly everything is sad. Search Histories is her debut collection.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Farrugia, \u003cem\u003eSearch Histories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2024. 148mm x 210mm. 112pp.\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-925735-63-5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/files\/CreativeAustraliaLogo_HorizontalBlack_Medium_306d6307-95f0-44ae-b87e-e933241d9921_480x480.png?v=1701428706\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44163406528669,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/files\/Farrugia_SearchHistories.png?v=1701428304","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/es\/products\/caitlin-farrugia-search-histories","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}