In our weekly interview about objects, the beloved author of Puberty Blues talks cossie catastrophes, teenage antics, and proving her teachers wrong
flat. For Lette, Puberty Blues was just the first release in a long career. In the years since, she’s penned many more bestsellers, as well as newspaper columns and TV series both here and abroad. Her latest release is Till Death, or a Little Light Maiming, Do Us Part – a novel that explores the ups and downs of romance for older women.
I now have three framed honorary doctorates which I cherish. What I’m really holding out for is a Companion of Literature which is abbreviated, apparently, to C.Lit. What more could a funny feminist ask for? How many times have you been shedding your swimmers beneath the shield of a towel, when it’s slipped from your hands? The only thing to do is dive-bomb face down on to the sand in one deft movement – which merely results in a grazed nose and a bit of seaweed up your freckle. Once my towel blew away, and I was forced to crawl after it, on my elbows, like a commando, my face a few inches from the sand.
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