Description
A sharply observed, darkly comic literary novel set in the punk-rock scene in the early 2000s about how far one young woman will go to find acceptance
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"Hacic-Vlahovic's writing is solid, inhabiting Kat's voice with both hardness and humor . . . This is a self-assured sophomore effort from a writer to watch. Appropriately hardcore but deceptively sweet, too." * Kirkus Reviews *
"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 *
Hacic-Vlahovic perfectly captures that clumsy era of teenage girlhood set in small town North Carolina. A time capsule of growing up in the noughties; a story of sixteen-year-old Kat beginning to grasp her powers. Punk, cut with tenderness, like all true street kids. * Marlowe Granados, author of Happy Hour *
Book Information
ISBN 9781419762895
Author Tea Hacic-Vlahovic
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Abrams
Publisher Abrams