El. knyga: Cigarette Lit Backwards: A Novel

Hacic-Vlahovics writing is solid, inhabiting Kats 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 storywith a perfect soundtrackthat 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 *