book by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. (Excerpt from Nationwide, ABC TV, 1979 plays. Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey walking along the beach) REPORTER: Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey don?t aim to shock. They say their novel, like their weekly newspaper column, is based on accurate reporting. But what they say is bound to shock many of their parents? generation. KATHY LETTE AND GABRIELLE CAREY (alternating): When we were 13, the coolest things to do were the things your parents wouldn?t let you do. Things like have sex... ... smoke cigarettes... ...nick off from school ...go to the drive-in ... take drugs ... and go to the beach. (End excerpt) NELL SCHOFIELD: I first heard of the book Puberty Blues when I was at school. A friend of mine gave it to me and I read it and it was sort of like, oh, cripes the secret?s out. It was kind of like an expose of beach culture that we thought we had under wraps. Yeah, I was very promiscuous. I had lots of boyfriends in my teenage years and lots of under-age sex. It was great! (laughs) BRUCE BERESFORD, FILM DIRECTOR: I was waiting for a bus in Miller Street in North Sydney. So I went into a newsagent and I thought I?ll get a paper or something to read, and I saw this book on the desk, on the shelf, ?Puberty Blues. I thought: that looks interesting. I got on the bus, and read the book immediately, it?s