{"product_id":"9781489088086","title":"Puberty Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘By day we were learning logarithms, but by night, in the backs of panel vans and down on Cronulla beach, we paid off the friendship rings our boyfriends gave us …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuberty – riddled with anxieties and humiliations – is the time every girl has to go through and no woman forgets. For Deb and Sue it was a time when only ‘top chicks’ survived – and getting into the cool beach gang with the ‘spunkrat surfies’ was all that mattered. Social hierarchies had to be respected and sexual hurdles overcome – whether the girls were ready or not … \u003cbr\u003eKathy Lette’s seminal first novel Puberty Blues, written with Gabrielle Carey when they were teenagers, is a hilarious but horrifying story of the way many young people live, and some of them die. This raw and guileless novel is as painfully true today as ever – and ultimately affirms that whatever else is taken from you, you must never lose the spirit to get out. Fasten your psychological seat belts – this audio book is a bumpy ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Puberty Blues is a profoundly moral story” — Germaine Greer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bolinda Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046494683376,"sku":"9781489088086","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781489088086_p0.jpg?v=1763640382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781489088086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}