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. I went to school in the 50s and 60s and puberty blues brought back a lot of memories. Financial analysis of puberty blues 1983 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The view put here is that this film throws light on the history of the comprehensive coeducational high. Jan 30, 20 puberty blues is incredibly widely read and known, with most australians being familiar with either the film, the book or both. Heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012.
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 is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. From an american point of view it is quite jarring. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing. 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. The first episode of puberty blues was broadcast in november, 2015. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. 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. My first encounter with puberty blues was when i was a young teenager. Renamed the brides of rollrock island for its international release, this is an. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten. The ultimate puberty book for boys by todnem, scott online on amazon.
Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers 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. 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. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian comprehensive high school. 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 an iconic australian movie and book and tv show that forever immortalised the youth culture of the late 70searly 80s, including the glorious slang. Certainly not debbie ashleigh cummings and sue brenna harding, best friends who support each other through the often painful comingofage process in 1970s australia. Meanwhile, judys world is shaken over annies death and what appears to be martins infidelity. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. 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. Books similar to puberty blues goodreads share book.
For deb and sue, life is about surfies, panel vans, straightleg levis, nicking off from school, getting wasted and fitting in. The show took me back to another time, one of innocence and. Puberty blues tells the story of two girls debbie and sue, of innocence lost and experience gained against the backdrop of australia in the seventies. Puberty blues is one of those television series that looks set to be a rewarding drama full of life lessons, but should still be watched cautiously. I just felt that is was so well written, and quite thought provoking. Two years earlier albie thoms palm beach 1979 presented a much darker look at the criminal underbelly within a transient surfing community. Financial analysis of puberty blues 1983 including budget, domestic and international box office gross. Yet when my daughter came to me at 8 years old and asked me what a sperm was, i sat down and told her the truth myself, no book available. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. Jul 04, 2012 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.
Aug 15, 2012 puberty blues is raw, humorous and honest. After the blues, returns the setting to australia and is a kind of followup to puberty blues. Puberty blues novel pdf download get a free sample or buy puberty blues by gabrielle carey kathy lette. Inseparable friends, debbie and sue, want to travel with the cool gang, but first must endure the humiliation and sucking up to get there. 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. I had my first adventure in the screen trade aged 18, when bruce beresford turned puberty blues into a feature film. 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.
The book of puberty blues was an underground sensation at school. 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. In this article i examine one film, puberty blues, directed by bruce beresford in 1981. 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. 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. 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. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. 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. 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. Kathy lette and gabrielle carey are the authors of the book puberty blues. Australian movies educational aspects education, secondary high schools portrayals research motion pictures motion pictures, australian movies social aspects secondary education. Kathy lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. 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.
With the success of bridesmaids and mama mia, producers are finally. A semiautobiographical book by kathy lette and gabriele carey, it was made into a popular film directed by bruce. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. We have 18 episodes of puberty blues in our archive. Overview of puberty blues, 1981, directed by bruce beresford, with nell schofield, jadranka capelja, geoff rhoe, at turner classic movies. 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. The book was released in 1979 when the girls were only 18 years old, and appeared on the big screen two years later. Puberty blues is a tv show on australian national television from network 10 with an average rating of 3.
Even if you dont usually read ya you should read this book. 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. Ifyou want to download this ebook, i provide downloads as a pdf, kindle, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. 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. Many a discussion has centred in a wineinduced haze as to which puberty book you had when you were young. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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.
Puberty blues struck a chord with teenage audiences when it was released because its depictions of the surfing subculture, and of ritual experimentations with sex and drugs, were refreshingly frank. Puberty blues and the temptations and traps of adaptation the. And at friday morning coffee that week, i received a pat on the. 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 also marked the starting point of kathy lettes writing career, which sees her now as an author at the forefront of her. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the groups laidback, ultracool facade is just that. Goodreads members who liked puberty blues also liked. Kathy lette by day, we were at school learning logarihms, but by night in the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on cronullla beach, or, if you were lucky, in bed while someones parens were out you paid. Now a major television series on channel 10 starring ashleigh cummings, brenna harding and claudia karvan this is the definitive. 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. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. The surfie chicks, now older, are still struggling through relationships with men of epic insensitivity, very few of whom are aware of a different era. All time worldwide box office for based on fiction bookshort. 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.
Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. Growing up great the ultimate puberty book for boys by todnem. The book is autobiographical and details the secret lives led by the two teenage girls growing up near cronulla beach in the. Welcome to the puberty blues wiki this wiki is about the australian network ten drama television series, puberty blues in australia 1977, debbie vickers and her best friend susie knight are trying to hang with the greenhills gang and be cool. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain. Puberty blues nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. 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. I came across this on the free streaming service tubi. 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.
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. 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. A profoundly moral story germaine greer i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. Find and follow posts tagged puberty blues on tumblr. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. Little penguins werent born in the 70s and they dont smoke yet here they are in the background with their cruisy track holiday rental.
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. Enjoy your favourite words brought to life with our fantastic selection of adaptations at sbs on demand. 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. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. Fred scully waits at the arrival gate of an international airport, anxious to see his.
Sep 16, 2016 beautiful music by stephen rae little mellotron dance knokke 2014. International sales put the film into cinemas all over the world, where its strongly localised bent was met with a mixture of confusion and surprise. Download free puberty blues you can download free book and read puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey for free here. Puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. There will be language and sexual content reflective of teenagers growing up in an age just as promiscuous as our own. After the blues by kathy lette penguin books australia. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. 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. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for caitlin moran and lena dunham. 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. The craziest trip was to imelda marcos film festival in.
While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. I was about thirteen, alone in my bedroom with the door firmly shut. 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 adve. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. Find books like puberty blues from the worlds largest community of readers.
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Puberty blues 2012 is something that everyone can identify with. I absolutely loved the first episode of puberty blues. 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. Watch puberty blues free tv series full seasons online tubi. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 1 on vimeo. Aug 30, 2012 puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Do you want to search free download puberty blues or free read online. But heres something that will turn your frown upside down. Aug 15, 2012 an australian teenage classic back in print. There have been so many bad adaptations of good books, readers often.
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