A Cigarette Lit Backwards illustrated by Sophie Escabasse

A Cigarette Lit Backwards illustrated by Sophie EscabasseSet in the punk rock scene of the early 2000s and vibrating with the intense ache of bad choices and deep longing, A Cigarette Lit Backwardsis a needle sharp portrait of a young woman and how far shell go to find acceptance. A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of the Month 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

between the forces that shape character and those that shape the world

Everybody knew that books were dangerous

makes the ugly story of the captive-orca industry especially damning

Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan

a history buff

and media over time

creating the stars and giving the girl the task of putting them into the dark night sky

And that is where I find the answer: I have compassion

It’s not about being the hero

describing his approach to art

live and work

learned through years of quilting and teaching students from all over the world