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"In September 1956 Peyton Place burst onto the American scene as the most controversial novel of the century. Its publication was also an extraordinary story of personal triumph. Grace Metalious (1924-1964), an unpretentious housewife from the wrong side of the tracks, had written an explosive bestseller. From a ramshackle cottage in a small New England milltown she zoomed to national stardom. This was a Cinderella dream. But it did not last.".
"Grace refused to be confined by the fifties' notion of a woman's place. In her struggle to find herself, she lifted the lid off sex and violence, power and powerlessness, truth and hypocrisy, and became known as the Pandora in Blue Jeans.".
"Emily Toth has given a complete and sympathetic portrait of Grace - the idealistic young scribbler, the partier, the sometimes reluctant wife and mother. This is the story of a woman out of step with her times, a poignant tale of a strong yet vulnerable individualist who dreamed of having everything - and then unfortunately found it."--BOOK JACKET.
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Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious
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Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious
1981, Doubleday
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-394) and index.
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1981.
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