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Puberty Blues (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Kathy Lette Play Audiobook Sample

Puberty Blues Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Kathy Lette
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Read By: Rebecca Macauley Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2006 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
3.02286902286902 out of 53.02286902286902 out of 53.02286902286902 out of 53.02286902286902 out of 53.02286902286902 out of 5 (3.02) - 481 listener ratings
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This is Kathy Lette's first novel, written with her surfie chick friend Gabrielle Carey, when they were 18.

Written 20 years ago, Puberty Blues is the best-selling account of growing up in the 1970s that took Australia by storm and spawned an eponymous cult movie. Puberty Blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who don't quite make the cut: it recreates with fascinating honesty a world where only the gang and the surf count. It's a hilarious and horrifying account of the way many teenagers live, and some of them die.

With forewords by Kylie Minogue and Germaine Greer.

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"This novel is exactly wat i thought it would be FANTASTIC ......I absolutely luved the movie which i've seen upteen times n now i'm addicted 2 the tv series. I read this novel in jst 1 nite as yes it was short but throughly enjoyable n the slang was funny!!! FAROUT n DEADSET"

— Julie (5 out of 5 stars)

Puberty Blues (Unabridged) Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3.47368421052632 out of 53.47368421052632 out of 53.47368421052632 out of 53.47368421052632 out of 53.47368421052632 out of 5 (3.47)
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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Some things have changed. Hopefully girls are stronger and able to tell boys what they want eg surf, not have sex. But maybe I don't know. The chill factor is that these girls are around 13 and most are virgins who really don't know what they are involved in. Most shattering is the end of the book. Tis was the start of drug times, hard drugs. Maybe it's not really for teens, but maybe teens can learn from it. The language is very much of its time and I would imagine that overseas readers would have a lot of trouble understanding much of it. "

    — emslibbooks, 1/24/2014
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Amazing book!!! so good, if i could give it more than five stars i would!!! "

    — Danielle, 1/3/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " What a great insight into what it was like growing up in Cronulla sun,surf boys!! "

    — Gillian, 12/14/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Maybe I'll like the TV show better. "

    — Lissa, 12/12/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Read it in a day! The kind of book where u ignore life as you want to know what happens! Was much more gritty and real then tv show and movie. Very well written. Would recommend to all young women and men. Ya moll! "

    — Jan, 11/2/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A nice easy read and an interesting portrayal of Australia in the 1970s. Such a nulla book with the language, the surfies and the culture. Although I would like to think that some of it has changed "

    — Amanda, 9/18/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " more classic australian fiction. surfies, sex, a growing up rite of passage. "

    — Frangipani, 4/6/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Raw, so very raw. This book is not for the faint hearted, however I read it in an evening so it kept me entertained. Can't believe they were 13 and 14 year old characters. "

    — Melissa, 10/26/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Yikes. So brutually realistic of teenage life in the 70s. "

    — Helena, 8/18/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Read back in high school, this book opened my eyes to a thing or two! "

    — Bec, 1/15/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Is this an Australian classic - surely the movie has got to be?????? What a crack-up. Saw this movie years ago but only recently came across the book in the library and decided to read it. Halariously, disturbing and cringe worthy for all Aussies. "

    — Simone, 11/8/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Read this after watching mini series. Very quick read. Lots of slang & not written well! Good story written for its time! "

    — Melanie, 5/22/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I love an Aussie story full of molls and dickheads. "

    — Sarah, 4/30/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " What a great insight into what it was like growing up in Cronulla sun,surf boys!! "

    — Gillian, 4/26/2011
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " This was said to be ground-breaking, hilarious and an insight into Australian life when it was first published. Let's just say that I didn't think so, on all three counts, and it was badly written too. "

    — Lisa, 2/27/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I love an Aussie story full of molls and dickheads. "

    — Sarah, 1/10/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I would call this a classic as it gives a fairly accurate telling of life for an Australian teenager in the 1970s "

    — Trak, 10/7/2009
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Is this an Australian classic - surely the movie has got to be?????? What a crack-up. Saw this movie years ago but only recently came across the book in the library and decided to read it. Halariously, disturbing and cringe worthy for all Aussies. "

    — Simone, 7/12/2007
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " more classic australian fiction. surfies, sex, a growing up rite of passage. "

    — Frangipani, 4/16/2007