The Australian's chief literary critic, Geordie Williamson, said: 'Gabrielle was the very model of a committed writer'. My heartfelt condolences to her family and friends,' she said. 'We made some mischief and broke some barriers by writing "Puberty Blues" – our raw, earthy take on the brutal treatment of young women in the Australian surfing scene which is sadly, still so relevant. They were halcyon, heady days full of love, laughter and adventure.'
I have such happy memories of our teenage years. In a statement, Lette said: 'I'm deeply saddened by this tragic news.
'If I have inherited my father's disposition for depression, did that mean I would also end up in an early grave?'Ĭarey's family memoir Moving Among Strangers was co-winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction 'I became terrified of that number,' she wrote.
In an article in the The Sydney Morning Herald in December, she noted he had died on the day he turned 64 - the same age as her passing.
She also wrote recently about the suicide of her father, Alex Carey. She was writing a book about Joyce when she died.Ĭarey, who was born in Sydney, was a regular contributor to The Australian, among other publications. In recent years, Carey had become a leading expert on the author James Joyce, as well as the host of Bloomsday events, which celebrate Joyce's classic work, Ulysses. Carey became an expert on James Joyce in her later adult lifeĬarey met Kathy Lette at the age of 12 while still at school and they became best friends.īoth left school early against the wishes of their families and shared a flat together where they wrote Puberty Blues, which was based on the teenage surfing culture in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.Ĭarey and Lette also wrote a newspaper column called the Salami Sisters in the 1980s and were known for their frank commentary.
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