DescriptionThis 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.
DescriptionIt's 1979, and seven-year-old Abby, the youngest member of the close-knit Santerre family, is trapped indoors with the chicken-pox during a heat-wave. The events set in motion that summer will span decades and continents, and will change the Santerres forever A Family Daughter is a brilliantly entertaining and insightful novel about families and love.
DescriptionAn award-winning author's long-lost novel is a perfect portrait of 1972 America, written in the moment, without irony or retrospect. Tom and Nedith have been married for 30 years, but their marriage is one of convenience and finances. Their 22-year-old…
DescriptionArmistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed a singular trail through popular culture, from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six novels about the d…
DescriptionAlistair Cooke is the microphone's great observer, the doyen of foreign correspondents and the world's most famous letter writer. Since 1946 he has been explaining the Americans through his weekly Letter From America, the longest-running one-man series in broadcasting history. It has been, and still is, a virtuoso performance: informed, informal, shrewd, funny, and erudite. This personally selected second volume contains more memorable topics including the eight-year-old girl who started the civil rights movement, reflections on '60s counter-culture, and fascinating memories of Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, and Duke Ellington. Every event evokes a particular time and place, but Cooke's unique style of expression and analysis provides each with a resonance that echoes through the years.
