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. Australian movies educational aspects education, secondary high schools portrayals research motion pictures motion pictures, australian movies social aspects secondary education. 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. 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. 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. Rachel finds she is drawn to mycroft, and the two of them soon team. Puberty blues 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Find books like puberty blues from the worlds largest community of readers.
Aug 15, 2012 an australian teenage classic back in print. 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. In season 1 he dated vicki until she cheated on him and the broke up. 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. As a 14 year old i saw a snippet of puberty blues and thought it was boring. 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 profoundly moral story germaine greer i dont recall reading puberty blues so much as devouring it. The book was released in 1979 when the girls were only 18 years old, and appeared on the big screen two years later.
If you saw the season finale for puberty blues warning. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. 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. Even if you dont usually read ya you should read this book. 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. Jul 19, 2016 directed by bruce beresford maos last dancer, driving miss daisy, puberty blues is presented in a stunning new highdefinition transfer and includes uptodate special features produced exclusively for this release, diving deep into the 70s australian social landscape to deliver a classic coming of age tale. A brutally honest account of teen surf culture in the 1970s, puberty blues captures a key moment in. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney.
As debbie says in voiceover, popularity and status, at school and on the beach is determined by whether you are a surfer or a. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Channel ten have just commissioned a second 8 hour mini series. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. 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. 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.
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. 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. The penultimate scene in puberty blues is for most viewers including this writer, the defining moment in the film. 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. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 2 on vimeo. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten.
Aug 15, 2012 puberty blues is raw, humorous and honest. 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. Jul 16, 20 this feature is not available right now. Network ten released the first episode exclusively to facebook users who liked the official puberty blues page prior to the premiere. 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. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous. Bruce beresfords puberty blues from australia begins with the sight of two decidedly. Its 1977 and joinedatthehip teenagers debbie and sue are having the time of their lives, hanging out on cronulla beach and fantasising about getting into the greenhills gang, the bronzed surfers and their chicks who rule the beach. I thought that it would be fascinating to look at the whole puberty ordeal from the other end of the telescope. 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. Gary hennessey puberty blues wiki fandom powered by wikia. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryusedbook markings inside. I just felt that is was so well written, and quite thought provoking. 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 an iconic australian movie and book and tv show that forever immortalised the youth culture of the late 70searly 80s, including the glorious slang. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. Jul 28, 2017 from the new puberty blues tv show, minus two tracks. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. The book of puberty blues was an underground sensation at school. 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 is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was. Goodreads members who liked puberty blues also liked. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. A television adaptation of the 1979 australian novel of the same name. Also this was based on a book from a real surfer girl and her true life adventures and i heard it was a faithful adaptation of it. Kathy lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues.
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. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. Ifyou want to download this ebook, i provide downloads as a pdf, kindle, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip. He later starts dating debbie and it continues into season 2. Kathy lette answers fan questions about her book puberty blues by random. 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.
The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. 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 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. Puberty blues author gabrielles careys quest for a connection. With usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. I was about thirteen, alone in my bedroom with the door firmly shut. They had many of the same difficulties and hangups. 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. 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. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. Puberty blues original soundtrack releases allmusic. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck episodes 4,5 by emma freeman.
Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. Puberty blues is an australian, comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. In the end, carey achieves something far more significant than the blandishments of a literary groupie. 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. May 18, 2011 sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. As im mid menopause, its all very hormonally confusing. Download free puberty blues you can download free book and read puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey for free here. This is a seamlessly coauthored book about a noholesbarred coming of age. What i found interesting was, despite the accent and a few changes in clothes and hair, these teenagers arent much different than american teens. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for caitlin moran and lena dunham. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best.
Released in 1981, bruce beresfords iconic australian film remains an unsentimental summer treat, a girlpowered trip to the beach without rosecoloured sunglasses. Aug 20, 2012 watching puberty blues with your kids. 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. Based on the autobiographical novel by the outrageous salami sisters kathy lette and gabrielle carey, puberty blues is a comingofage chickflick with bite. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the groups laidback, ultracool facade is just that. Woman rachael blake richard roxburgh simon baker sport surfing tim winton. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. This is puberty blues series 2 episode 2 by glendyn ivin on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Now more than 30 years later, i realise my 14 year old self was correct but for different reasons. Puberty blues 2012 izzy stevens and ellie gall on set of puberty blues tyler atkins on set of puberty blues with isabelle cornish.
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. Watch puberty blues online vimeo on demand on vimeo. It was boring because it was like watching a mirror image of my life, a life i was dissatisfied with, but ultimately trapped. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain. Puberty blues and the representation of an australian comprehensive high school. Based on the 2008 book by celebrated australian author tim winton.
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. The book is autobiographical and details the secret lives led by the two teenage girls growing up near cronulla beach in the. Richard ferguson, rachel baxendale, angelica snowden. Thankfully the producers havent allowed the plotline to be hijacked by our present amazement at 70s clothes, hair or cooking habits. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, isbn. 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. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable. 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. Puberty blues opens with best friends debbie nell schofield and sue jad capelja walking from dickheadland, their home turf on the south side of cronulla beach, to the utopian surfing destination of greenhills.
Find album release information for puberty blues original soundtrack on allmusic. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012. S2 spoiler ahead, youre probably wondering if there will be a third season in most cases when producers make television dramas they genuinely dont know if a show will get picked up. Blues clues s01e05 what does blue need blues clues s01e05.
Do you want to search free download puberty blues or free read online. 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. Over the course of the narrative, schoolgirls sue knight jad capelja and debbie vickers nell schofield have progressively ingratiated themselves into the cool cronulla beach surfie set. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by gabrielle carey and kathy lette which is a protofeminist teen book about two year old girls, debbie vickers nell schofield and sue knight jad capelja, from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney. 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. Kathy lette and gabrielle carey are the authors of the book puberty blues.
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