Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took. Truth masquerades as fiction as kathy lette and gabrielle carey portray themselves, at thirteen years of age, as deb and sue in a tell all account of being a teenager in. In this selection from chapter 1, surfie scrag, writer and broadcaster nell schofield recalls how she won the role of debbie and explores how the idiosyncratically australian tale resonates with her own life, and viewers some 25 years after it. Puberty is a gradual thing and everyone goes through it. I think the follow up, menopause blues must be on the creative cards. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. First published in 1979 in australia by two 18yearolds, it was a scandal, since it was about sex and drugs and if you count pat boone rock n roll. Coming of age in the 1970s, puberty blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who dont make it, in a world where only the gang and the surf count. By day, we were at school learning logarithms, but by night in the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on cronulla beach, or, if you were lucky, in a bed. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. This new edition of puberty blues is published jointly by text publishing and random house. Puberty the key word when it comes to puberty is change.
It also marked the starting point of kathy lettes writing career, which sees her now as an author at the forefront of her field. I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was sydney in the 70s see more at. The single version has alternate chorus lyrics to that of the film. Now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive. The rules are tough, initiation essential and approval by the top chicks and spunks is all that counts. Set in cronulla, sydney, the novel reaches hilarious. Puberty blues is an iconic australian book that based on a witheringly brutal and honest account of two best friends growing up in the misogynistic surf culture of cronulla aka the shire during the 1970s. The gang, the surf on the beach make up their real world.
Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. Puberty blues novel pdf download get a free sample or buy puberty blues by gabrielle carey kathy lette. As an adult, lette became a newspaper columnist and sitcom writer, but returned to the novel form with girls night out in 1988 and has since written several more novels and plays, including foetal attraction, mad cows and dead sexy. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. The film is based on the 1979 novel puberty blues, by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two yearold girls from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. Based on the autobiographical novel by the outrageous salami sisters kathy lette and gabrielle carey, puberty blues is a comingofage chickflick with bite. This new edition of puberty blues is published jointly by text publishing and random house australia, in time for the new channel 10 tv series screening from august 15 2012.
Set in the 1970s, it follows the misadventures of debbie and sue, two cronulla girls angling to break out of dickheadland into the coolest surfie gang. By day, we were at school learning logarithms, but by nightin the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on cronulla beach, or, if you were lucky, in a bed while. Puberty blues is an iconic australian movie and book and tv show that forever immortalised the youth culture of the late 70searly 80s, including the glorious slang. By day, we were at school learning logarithms, but by nightin the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on cronulla beach, or, if you were lucky, in a bed while someone. They say that your adolescent teenage years are the years to cherish, but i think otherwise. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. It was adapted into film in 1981 by bruce beresford and was made into a tv series in 2012 the novel and film focus on the two main characters, teenagers debbie vickers and sue knight, as they try and get in with the cool crowd, the green hills gang. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. The high school in the book puberty blues picador, 2002 is based on sylvania high school, a coeducational comprehensive high school established in 1970. Gabrielle carey is often unfairly referred to as the other writer of puberty blues first published in 1979, overshadowed by the effusive kathy lette, who has written a series of laughoutloud best sellers. Puberty blues is about young people and the irrelevance of home, school and adults to their lives. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming of age process. A hormonal, changing teenage girl comes across meeting one of the hottest guys in the school.
Aug 22, 2017 puberty blues 22 august 2017 by kathy lette kathy lette puberty blues antiracist pdf ebook epub download o bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first timewritten twenty years ago, puberty blues. Heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took australia by storm and spawned an eponymous cult movie. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford.
This is a seamlessly coauthored book about a noholesbarred coming of age. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for caitlin moran and lena dunham. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain. Puberty blues nude scenes 6 images and 5 videos including appearances from charlotte best susie porter. Sometimes ejaculation may pump semen quite a distance. When you sit down at 17 to write a book, the last thing to occur to you is that. This change from being a child to becoming an adult is called puberty. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and kathy. Jul 15, 1983 puberty blues, which opens today at the cinema studio, is based on a novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which purported to tell all about the mores of surfer teenagers. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. Jul 04, 2012 heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. As im mid menopause, its all very hormonally confusing. Truth masquerades as fiction as kathy lette and gabrielle carey portray themselves, at thirteen years of age, as deb and sue in a tell all account of being a teenager in sydneys beachside suburbs during the 1970s.
Puberty blues 1981 was based on the book of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, a pair of reallife sydney teens who wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym the salami. I remember reading the book in high school when it was a compulsory part of the literature curriculum and in time its become an important protofeminist work. Puberty blues is a song written by new zealand musician tim finn for the 1981 australian film of the same name. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. Sep 05, 2012 i first read puberty blues in 1981, and on rereading it this year to coincide with the new channel 10 miniseries based on the book, its hard to see where kathy stops and gabrielle begins, and vice versa. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up.
Puberty blues is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. There are any number of other profiles and stories, about the early days, and the bitter split, and the reality and mythology of puberty blues, available on the internet see for example, daniel mudie cunningham on the film at senses of cinema, here, or stella clarkes overview on gabrielle carey and her book moving amongt strangers, in the. Channel ten have just commissioned a second 8 hour mini series. I went to school in the 50s and 60s and puberty blues brought back a lot of memories. Download full book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. My first encounter with puberty blues was when i was a young teenager. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. But there are others, emotional as well as physical.
Puberty blues traces the lives of two adolescent females who have spent the first part of their lives in a group by themselves, while desperately trying to break into the in crowd who dominate the greenhill beach. Growing up is hard, but going through puberty is even harder. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. Puberty blues 1 hours and 27 minutes movie 1981 meet sue, a teenage australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. Aug 15, 2012 it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was sydney in the 70s see more at. Puberty blues traces the lives of two adolescent females who have spent the first part of their lives in a group by themselves, while desperately tryi. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming.
Whatever your sex and gender, you will experience the physical and emotional changes of adolescence. I was a little bit older when i read this book and so i feel like i didnt get as much from it if i had read it at 15 or 16 but nevertheless, i consumed this book. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. Erections are unreliable these are some of the more obvious changes. Kathy lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Arts hub is pleased to bring you an extract from puberty blues the latest in the australian screen classics series from currency press. Kathy lette puberty blues antiracist pdf ebook epub.
Request pdf puberty blues and the representation of an australian comprehensive high school as part of the authors ongoing project to. Puberty blues, which opens today at the cinema studio, is based on a novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which purported to tell. Sue obtains the perfect boyfriend, ferris visits graham in hospital in an attempt to make things right, vicki gets married, bruce and danny attempt their first armed robbery, debbie and gary fall in love all. There are pdf versions and epub versions for mobile and tablets. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a pdf of a single entry from a reference work in. New zealand recording artist jenny morris recorded the single version and released it in december 1981 as her debut single. The sad thing for me is just how relevant puberty blues still is.
Sexual development can happen at any time between eight and 18, but usually begins around 11 or 12. Puberty blues is an australian cultclassic and its the book that parents give to their children when they become a teenager to dissuade them from experimenting with drugs and sex. In the film, new zealand recording artist sharon oneill performs the song. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Puberty blues available for download and read online in other formats. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten.
Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. Aug 15, 2012 the text publishing company and random house australia are delighted to announce that they have combined forces to publish the iconic puberty blues by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Puberty happens to you even while you are getting your homework done, swimming at the beach, or going to the movies. Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. A semiautobiographical book by kathy lette and gabriele carey, it was made into a popular film directed by bruce baresford of the same title that. There was my actual puberty, then the book, then the movie of the book directed by bruce beresford, and now the 8 hour mini series.
Im not as bad as you were, mum sydney morning herald. Your body is changing, your feelings are changing and your relationships with those around you are changing. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Whatever your sex and gender, you will experience the physical and emotional changes of. Who would seek me out and trick me into trying drugs, providing them for free until i was hooked. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online tubi. Puberty blues series 2 episode 8 5 years ago debbie is finally back in cronulla from boarding school but cant seem to settle back in.