There are pdf versions and epub versions for mobile and tablets. As the television version of puberty blues hits the screens tonight, i have been counting the ways sydney has changed for teens in those threeplus decades. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Buy a discounted paperback of puberty blues online from australias leading online bookstore.
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 would not be complete without the panel van, the macho icon of australian surfer culture. Director bruce beresford who also created other classic flicks, black robe 1991, breaker morant 1980 and money movers 1978 has created another gem in puberty blues. Movies like puberty blues 1981 and the year my voice broke 1987. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. When my daughter first saw the film of puberty blues, she made only one. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 9 on vimeo. Sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. Say in a panel van to someone between the ages of 25 and 35, and they will laugh. The book is autobiographical and details the secret lives led by the two teenage girls growing up near cronulla beach in the. 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.
By day we were learning logarithms, but by night, in the backs of panel vans and. I wagged a lot that year, and my recall is atrocious in general, so all i remember of the film is girls cheating during an exam by having notes written on their legs, above the. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. 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.
Puberty blues is a subtle, impressive example of what i was trying to come to grips with. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. I had to take for granted that everyone owned a panel van, that skyhooks were a good band, and that the surfie chick was a girl who hated the. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time. Who would seek me out and trick me into trying drugs, providing them for free until i was hooked. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey.
Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 1 on vimeo. 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 by kathy lette, gabrielle carey 9781742759289. I also enjoyed seeing the various scenes of 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. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best. This is kathy lettes first novel, written with her surfie chick friend gabrielle carey, when they were 18. Fasten your psychological seat belts this audio book is a bumpy ride. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. Puberty blues is narrated by yearold debbie, who describes life and the harsh truths of growing up by the coast in the shire sydney during the 1970s. I cant wait to watch them and see their spin on sue and debbie. Puberty blues would not be complete without the panel. Watching puberty blues takes me straight back to my childhood and early teenage years well not all aspects.
Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. 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. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. Almost priceless, as also the interior walls of his panel van, filled with lewd pictures. For deb and sue, life is about surfies, panel vans, straightleg levis, nicking off from school, getting wasted and fitting in. It is decorated with girlie pinups and deep purple curtains that suggest a fleshy interior.
What i love most is seeing the relationships of the parents play out and we got more of that in season 2. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Puberty blues by kathy lette 9781742759289 booktopia. It is here that bruce unsuccessfully tries to deflower debbie in the back of his panel van.
Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain. 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. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Kathy lette and gabrielle carey are the authors of the book puberty blues. Im not as bad as you were, mum sydney morning herald. Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. The book was released in 1979 when the girls were only 18 years old, and appeared on the big screen two years later. 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. The book of puberty blues was an underground sensation at school, carefully hidden from the view of teachers for fear that theyd bust our game wide open. Puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in. This is puberty blues series 2 episode 9 by glendyn ivin on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Puberty blues is an australian book, film and tv show set in the 70s. 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. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney.
Puberty blues is a leisurely, entertaining tale about a group of teenagers fumbling, fighting and fretting their way through adolescence. Haha, that reminds me of the scene in puberty blues 80s oz film based on the semiautobiographical book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, where the boys actually smuggle the girls in the back of the panel van, at the drivein, so they dont have to buy extra tickets. 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. 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 twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more.
The new puberty blues stars brenna harding seen on packed to the rafters as georgia as sue and ashleigh cummings previously seen in tomorrow when the war began and miss fishers murder mysteries as debbie. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. 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. Puberty blues is surely one those early 80s films with its own theme song that makes you just want to throw things at the tv screen, cringing at almost everything the film portrays. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck episodes 4,5 by emma freeman. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. 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 is a story about a nation growing up.
I enjoyed the surfing, beach, school, sex, drivein, panel van and drug scenes. Debbie and sue are desperate to get in with the cool kids, and they eventually manage it by being a bit naughty and a bit mean, and mostly by catching the eye of the boys. I went to school in the 50s and 60s and puberty blues brought back a lot of memories. Puberty blues by kathy lette, 9781743108000, available at book. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online. Thankfully the producers havent allowed the plotline to be hijacked by our present amazement at 70s clothes, hair or cooking habits. 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. 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. Episodes of season 2 are shot in and around cronulla, south of sydney. A profoundly moral story germaine greer i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. 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.
This is puberty blues series 2 episode 1 by glendyn ivin on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Kathy lettes seminal first novel puberty blues, written with gabrielle carey when. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and kathy. 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. 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. When you sit down at 17 to write a book, the last thing to occur to you is that. The cast and crew kathy lette was particularly happy with schofields performance, which in effect functioned as a massive celluloid magnification of her own grungy teenage experiences. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. A sign of the times, debbie and best mate sue are expected to wait patiently on the beach or fetch food while their boyfriends do all. All things bogan simos panel van disturbia duration. Lots of cringes and giggles on the cards, methinks.
I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i. Now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive. Puberty blues is a retrospective that will appeal to both teens and adults trying to find the wisdom to navigate a childs most turbulent years. How do aussie women compare to american women personality. Puberty blues unabridged puberty blues unabridged audiobook, by kathy lette.
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