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Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author known for her novel Peyton Place, one of the best selling works in publishing history. Early life [ edit ]
Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by the American author Grace Metalious.Set in New England in the time periods before and after World War II, the novel tells the story of three women who are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy town.
After the phenomenal success of her first novel, Metalious hastily penned a sequel centering on the life and loves of bestselling author Allison MacKenzie, who follows in the footsteps of her mother by having an affair with a married man, her publisher Lewis Jackman. The similarity of their situations bond Allison and her mother.
Betty Anderson is a fictional character in the novel Peyton Place, written by Grace Metalious, as well as the subsequent films and TV series based on the novel.In the film, she was played by actress Terry Moore; and in the TV series, she was portrayed by actress Barbara Parkins; in the short-lived daytime soap opera, she was played by actress Julie Parrish and later Lynn Loring.
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Peyton Place may refer to: . Peyton Place, a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious . Peyton Place, a fictional New England town that is the setting for the 1956 novel; Idiomatically, a small town or village that has lots of scandals such as alcohol abuse and sexual infidelity, as used in the song Harper Valley PTA
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