A Cigarette Lit Backwards

A Cigarette Lit Backwards
Tea Hacic-Vlahovic
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Hardback
h210 x 140mm - 240pg
27 Oct 2022 US
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9781419762895
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Set in the punk-rock scene of the early 2000s, a sharply observed, darkly comic literary novel about how far one young woman will go to find acceptanceKat is dying to be accepted by the North Carolina punks; she is totally desperate to seem cool. At a punk show, she ends up backstage with a rock star and gets noticed by a photojournalist. And then-a dream come true for Kat-her reputation skyrockets the next morning when an online magazine publishes pictures of her backstage, deeming her a groupie icon. But to maintain this notoriety, Kat makes a series of devastating mistakes, and soon enough, she becomes unrecognizable to herself and others. The truth, as always, comes out. Kat had already lost most of her friends by then, and after the Rolling Stones story, she' s got no shot at redemption so she runs off to New York City to find the journalist who started this mess in the first place. Tea Hacic-Vlahovic' s A Cigarette Lit Backwards is a sometimes funny, often brutally honest examination of growing up. It' s dark and daring, unflinchingly examining the yearning to be noticed and accepted and the lengths one will go to get there.
"Almost everyone has an interesting story. Few of us have the ability or the courage to navigate those experiences, process them, then convert them into a narrative that can keep the rest of us on the edge of our seat. An even smaller number of us have the ability to carve out our own story in a way that helps us connect and care about each other a little bit more. Tea has checked all those boxes with A Cigarette Lit Backwards and maybe a few more. "-- "Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls" "Tea Hacic-Vlahovic has written a perfect coming-of-age story--with a perfect soundtrack--that walks the fragile in-between of finding out who you are and trying not to let other people decide for you. Welcome to the party room. "-- "Brendan Jay Sullivan, author of Rivington was Ours: Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives"
Tea Hacic-Vlahovic is a Croatian-American writer based in Los Angeles. She has contributed to numerous publications, including i-D, Dazed, Oyster, Flaunt, and Autre magazines, and also served as a columnist for Vice and Wired Italy, a contributing editor for Wonderland magazine, and the director of Bullett TV. In spring 2020 her first novel Life of the Party was released in the United States by Clash Books to critical acclaim. It was an instant bestseller in Italy.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781419762895
Published: 27 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Abrams
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 240

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