Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i. Theres many more chapters on the show, but this excerpt deals with. Puberty blues is a leisurely, entertaining tale about a group of teenagers fumbling, fighting and fretting their way through adolescence. Puberty blues is an australian book, film and tv show set in the 70s. Written 20 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. Arts hub is pleased to bring you an extract from puberty blues the latest in the australian screen classics series from currency press.
Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady. 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. 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. All i got from watching the film was that garry increased his pot usage, upon learning of his girlfriend possibly being pregnant, and then was shown being carted off to an ambulance, from what looked like.
Puberty blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who dont quite make the cut. 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. Kathy lette and gabrielle carey are the authors of the book puberty blues. Lockie leonard is a confronting book about puberty but is nothing to be concerned about. 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. This raw and guileless novel is as painfully true today as ever and ultimately affirms that whatever else is taken from you, you must never lose the spirit to get out. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. 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. I also always hide the book of my enemy behind hemorrhoids, a story in pictures. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo.
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. Is garrys death more played out in the book, puberty blues. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. 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. I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i knew many people we were part of that scene. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey, rebecca. Sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. The first episode of puberty blues was broadcast in november, 2015. 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. Dec, 2016 but teenagers devoured it and the bestselling book later became a classroom classic for telling it how it was and maybe still is for some.
The puberty blues movie was based on the book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey. I just felt that is was so well written, and quite thought provoking. Puberty blues is an iconic australian book that based on a witheringly. I went to school in the 50s and 60s and puberty blues brought back a lot of memories. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online tubi. As a 14 year old i saw a snippet of puberty blues and thought it was boring. 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. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. This is a funny and sweet book filled with realistic and lovable characters youll just want to hug.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Kathy lette, author of the boy who fell to earth, puberty blues, how to kill your husband and many more, answers five. Aug 15, 2012 it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was sydney in the 70s see more at.
Aug 30, 2012 puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. This is kathy lettes first novel, written with her surfie chick friend gabrielle carey, when they were 18. Ryde library service community book club collection. 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. Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. You and me against the world revisiting puberty blues. Download free puberty blues you can download free book and read puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey for free here. The book is autobiographical and details the secret lives led by the two teenage girls growing up near cronulla beach in the. As im mid menopause, its all very hormonally confusing. Kathy lette answers fan questions about her book puberty blues by random. 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. Aug 15, 2012 puberty blues is raw, humorous and honest. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley.
Melania trump reads easter book via twitter after canceling white house easter. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian comprehensive high school. We have 18 episodes of puberty blues in our archive. Written in 1979, our narrator, thirteen year old debbie, tells us about the surfie culture in cronulla and the surrounding suburbs of southern sydney. Puberty blues is a profoundly moral story germaine greer. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 3 on vimeo. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. Nov 30, 2015 puberty blues is a tv show on australian national television from network 10 with an average rating of 3. Without jumping to conclusions, this book shows concern without alarm, discusses the scientific factors that could be triggering it,and most important details the psychological consequences that girls might go through, and the support they need. On the surface, this film can be seen for what it is, a stark realization of teen angst in cronulla, at the start of the eighties. Promo for new aussie drama puberty blues, based on the book. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. 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. Find and follow posts tagged puberty blues on tumblr.
For many of the angloaustralian girls who reached puberty in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the novel and bruce beresfords 1981 film. Channel ten have just commissioned a second 8 hour mini series. Australian movies educational aspects education, secondary high schools portrayals research motion pictures motion pictures, australian movies social aspects secondary education. Episodes of season 2 are shot in and around cronulla, south of sydney. Do you want to search free download puberty blues or free read online. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. You are browsing the website, which contains photos and videos of nude celebrities. The book was released in 1979 when the girls were only 18 years old, and appeared on the big screen two years later. 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. Puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey 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 audiobook by kathy lette, gabrielle carey. 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. Inseparable friends, debbie and sue, want to travel with the cool gang, but first must endure the humiliation and sucking up to get there.
Aug 15, 2012 an australian teenage classic back in print. Puberty blues nude scenes 6 images and 5 videos including appearances from charlotte best susie porter. 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. 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. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. Kathy lette answers fan questions about her book puberty blues by random house books au. 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. 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.
Puberty blues is, as shirley puts it, an australian cult classic. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the groups laidback, ultracool facade is just that. But the book was also quickly hailed as a feminist manifesto and a cult classic. Aug 16, 2012 melbourne academic lauren rosewarne sees the television adaptation of puberty blues as a timely reminder that female sexuality existed before lascivious retailers. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. Aug 16, 2012 based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move beyond the original pages and explore the mis adventures of these young girls, their families and friends in a more naive time in australias history. 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. Dino puberty blues excerpt posted by alpha omega institute on aug 19, 2010 in creation nuggets 0 comments nanotyrannus was a bit like a tyrannosaurus rex, except it had 17 teeth in its lower jaw, while a t. People were shocked to read about casual sex of years olds and parents suddenly realized what was going on behind the closed doors of their teenagers bedrooms.
Kathy lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for caitlin moran and lena dunham. A feminist analysis of puberty blues is developed here with reference to nostalgic youth films, womens writing and the female voice. It was boring because it was like watching a mirror image of my life, a life i was dissatisfied with, but ultimately trapped. This is puberty blues series 2 episode 3 by glendyn ivin on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. I am male and a senior citizen, but i enjoyed the channel 10 tv drama of puberty blues so much ashleigh cummings was just wonderful as debbie that i wanted to read the book. I was about thirteen, alone in my bedroom with the door firmly shut. A profoundly moral story germaine greer i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. Now more than 30 years later, i realise my 14 year old self was correct but for different reasons.
Puberty blues by carey, gabrielle and kathy lette and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and kathy. Now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. No beating around the bush when it comes to sex ed in. I read an excerpt of this book a while back and always told myself to read the full thing. Kathy lette, author of the boy who fell to earth, puberty blues. This book feels somewhat unmoored from time, with a raw edginess. Puberty blues airs on network ten, wednesdays at 8. This article uses the novels reappearance as a starting point for examining the significance of the puberty blues phenomenon, which encompasses both the book and film. Jul 04, 2012 heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. This new edition of puberty blues is published jointly by text publishing and random house. Books similar to puberty blues goodreads share book. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey.