{"product_id":"a-cigarette-lit-backwards-9781419762895","title":"A Cigarette Lit Backwards","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in the punk-rock scene of the early 2000s and vibrating with the intense ache of bad choices and deep longing, a needle-sharp portrait of a young woman and how far she'll go to find acceptance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kat 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 as a groupie icon skyrockets. But to maintain this notoriety, Kat makes a series of devastating choices, and soon enough, she becomes unrecognizable to herself and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tea Hacic-Vlahovic's \u003ci\u003eA Cigarette Lit Backwards \u003c\/i\u003eis a sometimes funny, often brutally honest novel about ambition and self-discovery and how a world of glamour and cool exerts its bold and breathless pull. In prose that seduces, glitters, and exhilarates, Tea Hacic-Vlahovic has written a novel that is both a wild party and a somber reckoning, consolidating her status as a thrilling and essential new voice for our time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419762895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Tea Hacic-Vlahovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303905038517,"sku":"9781419762895","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3eed10df-03dd-4e69-aeca-f64788bdfab1.jpg?v=1658843371","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-cigarette-lit-backwards-9781419762895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}