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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 After the Blues
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'Now an adult on L-plates, Debbie and her girlfriends reveal what women talk about when there are no men around. Prepare yourself for full-frontal comedic camaraderie.

'After breaking off with both her best friend and boyfriend, Debbie runs away to the inner-city world of punk rock, dodgy jobs, new mates and R-rated adventures.

'It’s the kaleidoscopic 1980s, a time of perms, shoulder pads, Blondie and Bowie, prawn cocktails, fondue parties and mistaking promiscuity for feminism. The blokes are laughing all the way to the sperm bank – of course they’re for ‘free love’ as they don’t have to pay for it.

'Preyed upon by married men and misogynistic bosses, girlfriends are the only people you can rely on. Debbie’s female pals are her human Wonderbras – uplifting and supportive. But it’s not until the girls’ night out that these friends really peel off to their emotional undies … And it’s a psychological striptease which reveals some jaw-dropping truths.

'With equal parts humour and pathos, Kathy Lette, one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, exposes all the fun and foolish things girls do when scrabbling to find their high-heeled feet in the world.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Sequel to Puberty Blues.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 2017 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2017

      ISBN: 9780143786962

Works about this Work

Post-puberty, Men Still Behaving Badly Bruce Beresford , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 14)

— Review of After the Blues Kathy Lette , 2017 single work novel

'Kathy Lette was famous, or at least notorious, in Australia when she was only 16, following the 1979 publication of Puberty Blues, which she wrote with Gabrielle Carey. The novel was a startling, even frightening, account of the surfie culture around Cronulla in the 1970s.' (Introduction)

Post-puberty, Men Still Behaving Badly Bruce Beresford , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 14)

— Review of After the Blues Kathy Lette , 2017 single work novel

'Kathy Lette was famous, or at least notorious, in Australia when she was only 16, following the 1979 publication of Puberty Blues, which she wrote with Gabrielle Carey. The novel was a startling, even frightening, account of the surfie culture around Cronulla in the 1970s.' (Introduction)

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  • Cronulla, Caringbah - Cronulla area, Sutherland area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Byron Bay, Byron Bay - Broken Head area, Far North Coast, New South Wales,
  • 1980s
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