Sep 05, 2012 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. My copy is a 2002 reprint from england with new forewards by two of the few australian lady celebs, kylie minogue and germaine greer. Rick kirkmans work on baby blues has delighted fans and wowed the cartooning world since he launched the strip with jerry scott in 1990. Its basically puberty blues told from the mothers point of view because, once i had a teenage girl, i realised how badly i had treated my own mother. The original age of the girls in the book on which the film is based was, but beresford had to raise their ages to 16 in the film because of the risque material depicted. Watching puberty blues has given author kathy lette pangs. This new edition of the puberty book provides uptodate information on all aspects of puberty and also includes a new chapter on mental health. Though it is raining the next day, bruno goes to meet shmuel at the fence anyway.
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. The authors have selected the definitive strips that shaped the lives of their characters when they added a little boy to their family. Kathy lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. Many of the actors have worked with the southern star production team on previous shows. Puberty blues is the biography which launched kathy lettes writing career and made her famous.
Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. 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. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Puberty blues australian screen classics the education. 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. 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. Bestselling author kathy lettes debut novel is available in britain for the first time. Watching puberty blues has given author kathy lette pangs of. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the boy in the striped pajamas, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey. Written by cara natterson, american girl publishing.
Apr 01, 2012 ten has revealed a big name cast for its cronulla period drama puberty blues. Puberty blues is a 1979 novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette. Text publishing puberty blues, book by gabrielle carey and. Bruno is unhappy to leave his clothes in the mud, but seeing the look on shmuels face when he asks bruno to come help. Jul 16, 20 puberty blues l anything could happen duration. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck. 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. This book is not just about general puberty though, its more of a guide to becoming a healthy adult, both physically and mentally body odour. One of at least two major surfing drama movies starring female surfer aka surfie chicks characters with the word blues in the title with the other picture being the later cinema movie blue crush 2002, which also had a madeforvideo sequel as well, blue crush 2 2011, with puberty blues 1981 later being remade for television as well.
One recent article stated that new melbourne research claims that sex education should be fast tracked to children as young as five. 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. This is a seamlessly coauthored book about a noholesbarred coming of age. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck episodes 4,5 by emma freeman.
While gabrielle might prefer a life with less publicity, she is no lesser a writer. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. 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. Puberty blues is an australian comingofage comedydrama television series broadcast on network ten.
Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took more. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Puberty blues by gabrielle carey penguin books australia. The boy in the striped pajamas similarities and differences between the book and the movie. About the author 2010 wendy darvill and kelsey powell were actively involved in sexuality. I had this book as a child and decided to purchase it for my daughter. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. The boy in the striped pajamas accurately represents the holocaust and what occurred to all the jewish orthodox. Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. We dont have an article named series pubertyblues, exactly. 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. It provides a good starting point to discuss adolescence with your children. Puberty blues offers a cheezels and splice world that predates the internet. 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.
Although some aspects of a young persons mental health are mentioned throughout the book, the new chapter discusses these issues in more detail. Puberty blues is great entertainment because its both dark and sweet. Puberty blues sharon witt is a melbourne author of. 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. One aspect of adolescence that the movie particularly overplays is the mechanical, unromantic nature of the sex between its characters. Babysitting blues shopkins by scholastic nook 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 and the representation of an australian. 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. The fictional fable of the boy in the striped pajamas created a motion picture of a representation of the time period of the holocaust. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012.
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. Weve all been through one or all of those things and i think not a lot has changed since 1979 but the clothes and the drugs of choice. Many of the actors have worked with the southern star production team. 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. A bbay blues treasury baby blues treasury by rick kirkman. Jerry scott is the cocreator of the awardwinning comic strip zits. 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. The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of sydney. 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. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 1 on vimeo. The remake of the 1979 australian novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette was the second most watched show in the key advertising demographics of 1849, 1639 and 25. Written twenty years ago, puberty blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took. Puberty blues trailer series 1 trailer edited from episodes 1,3,5 and 6 directed by glendyn ivin. The sexism, the bullying, the infidelity, the deceit and the teenage awkwardness made it uncomfortable to watch at times.
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. If you want to start a series pubertyblues page, just click the edit button above. But when they finally muscle their way in, they are disillusioned. Much has been written in the media of late regarding puberty in young children and when sex education ought to be introduced to children, particularly formal sex education at the school level. 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. Books similar to puberty blues meet your next favorite book. I cannot say that i was a part of the culture described in the book but i knew many people. 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.
Separate chapters titled boy stuff and girl stuff describe body changes that occur during puberty, with frank and open discussions. It is clear and concise without being ambiguous, and it covers all of the important facts that children should know. Gabrielle carey is often unfairly referred to as the other writer of puberty blues first published in 1979, overshadowed by the effusive kathy. Puberty blues australian screen classics the education shop. 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. 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. With nell schofield, jad capelja, jeffrey rhoe, tony hughes. 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. A sea change is underway among many of todays girls. A comingofage film with bite, puberty blues is set in the 1970s and follows the misadventures of debbie and sue, two cronulla girls angling to break out of dickheadland into the coolest surfie gang. Puberty blues sharon witt is a melbourne author of teenage. Aug 16, 2012 puberty blues offers a cheezels and splice world that predates the internet.
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. Babysitting blues shopkins by scholastic nook book nook. Ten has revealed a big name cast for its cronulla period drama puberty blues. This baby gift book features the artwork from the popular and awardwinning baby blues comic strip. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Aug 16, 2012 puberty blues is great entertainment because its both dark and sweet. May 18, 2011 sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. 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 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. Laconicpuberty bluesliteraturepuberty bluesymmvpuberty bluesif you meant one of those, just click and go.
With the success of their puberty guide books for girls, american girl has published another puberty book, but this time its for the boys. Just a generation ago, fewer than 5 percent of girls started puberty before the age of 8. Early puberty is not just a matter of physical transformation its deeply psychological. Sequence being analysed can be seen in the above video 4. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Puberty blues 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.