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When a collection of producers and writers read the 1979 book puberty blues with a view to turning it into a television series, even those who had read it years before were struck by how the teenagers at. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive. Kathy lette discusses her first book puberty blues upon the release of her new novel courting. Who would seek me out and trick me into trying drugs, providing them for free until i was hooked. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. The girls are still young and they didnt know how to deal with it. This is kathy lettes first novel, written with her surfie chick friend gabrielle carey, when they were 18. 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. Puberty blues retains the casual brutality of the book. 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. Nell schofield bruce beresfords puberty blues is a funny and poignant film that still speaks to the teenage audience as it honestly and sensitively deals with some of the central trials and temptations of growing. May 18, 2011 sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. The book is autobiographical and details the secret lives led by the two teenage girls growing up near cronulla beach in the.

Set in cronulla, sydney, the novel reaches hilarious. Puberty blues audiobook by kathy lette, gabrielle carey. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books new zealand. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time.

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. Based on the autobiographical novel by the outrageous salami sisters kathy lette and gabrielle carey, puberty blues is a comingofage chickflick with bite. After the blues has a very outdated feel to it, far more than what i felt when rereading puberty blues.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. Beyond puberty blues fundraiser, sydney concrete playground. 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. 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. Ellie gall stars in puberty blues point break drama. 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. 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 went to school in the 50s and 60s and puberty blues brought back a lot of memories. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Nikki reed and evan rachel wood in the 2003 film, thirteen. There was just too much drug taking, stealing, and dole bludging to be truly authentic and i find it utterly unbelievable that every man in australia during the early 80s was a chauvinistic neanderthal. 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. 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 nude scenes 6 images and 5 videos including appearances from charlotte best susie porter. 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 by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. Puberty blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who dont quite make the cut. 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. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. According to the australian film commission, the film is number forty four of the top australian films at the australian box office from 1966 to 2005 having earned over three million dollars. Displaying all 26 entries for query gabrielle carey puberty blues by gabrielle carey. While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. He later starts dating debbie and it continues into season 2. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online tubi. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Puberty blues unabridged puberty blues unabridged audiobook, by kathy lette.

There are pdf versions and epub versions for mobile and tablets. Jul 04, 2012 heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. 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. 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. 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. 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. Whereas those films followed the exploits of horny young males trying to get laid, puberty blues centres around a couple of girls, best friends debbie vickers nell schofield and sue knight jad. 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 first look at the new channel 10 drama series puberty blues a tv series remake of the film book of the same name. 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.

Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable. In season 1 he dated vicki until she cheated on him and the broke up. Their high school ambition to be a part of the popular surfy chick gang, and if you werent a surfy chick you were nobody. You are browsing the website, which contains photos and videos of nude celebrities.

May 11, 2011 puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland shire of south sydney. 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. Gary hennessey puberty blues wiki fandom powered by wikia. 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. 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. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. Books similar to puberty blues meet your next favorite book.

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. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. 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. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. The author of puberty blues and chicklit books such as foetal attraction, and her latest book, best laid plans, lette met robertson in 1989 on the set of his abc tv series, hypothetical, in. Australian books to film puberty blues matilda oz movie, 80s movies, great oz movie80s. Jul 01, 2008 in this article i examine one film, puberty blues, directed by bruce beresford in 1981. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took. Puberty blues will premiere on network ten later this month. Buy puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey from amazons fiction books store. It is one of the great comingofage stories in australia, and it remains as relevant now as when it was first written over three decades ago. Puberty blues is an australian drama series on network ten that began on 15 august 2012.

Puberty blues books kathylette puberty blues 9781742759289. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and kathy. Description puberty blues by gabrielle carey now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive australian story of teenagers navigating the chaos of life. But the book was also quickly hailed as a feminist manifesto and a cult classic. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. A profoundly moral story germaine greer i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best. 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. 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. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for caitlin moran and lena dunham.

Kathy lette answers fan questions about her book puberty blues. Channel ten have just commissioned a second 8 hour mini series. Gary and debbie went through a rough patch when he cheated on her when she was at boarding school they later made up but at the end of season 2 it is unclear if they are still together. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. This new edition of puberty blues is published jointly by text publishing and random house.

The book was released in 1979 when the girls were only 18 years old, and appeared on the big screen two years later. Join facebook to connect with raquel camilleri and others you may know. As im mid menopause, its all very hormonally confusing. 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. First there was my actual puberty, then the book about it called puberty blues, a slim creation that speaks volumes its like straight literary vegemite, no butter followed by the bruce beresford film of the book and then, in my fifties, mid menopause, i relived it all again in the twentyhour tv miniseries which proved very. In my local video rental shop, puberty blues sat on the same shelf as coming of age classics porkys, screwballs and the lemon popsicle series. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 9 on vimeo.

Sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. I think the follow up, menopause blues must be on the creative cards. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. 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.

Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. 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 a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. 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. I was about thirteen, alone in my bedroom with the door firmly shut. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. Read concrete playgrounds take on beyond puberty blues fundraiser.

Sean keenan and ashleigh cummings in puberty blues 2012 puberty blues 2012 ashleigh cummings and brenna harding in puberty blues 2012 see all 16 photos. 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. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. Puberty blues is a leisurely, entertaining tale about a group of teenagers fumbling, fighting and fretting their way through adolescence. Aug 12, 2012 after several years of acting training at point break drama, ellie gall will make her small screen debut this wednesday 15th august in channel tens, puberty blues. Puberty blues is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Feb 01, 2012 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. 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.