Grace Metalious — Peyton Place
Frederick Muller Ltd 1958 Hardback, 379pp. Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by American author Grace Metalious. Set in New England 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. Metalious included recurring themes of hypocrisy, social inequities and class privilege in a tale that also includes incest, abortion, adultery, lust and murder. No DJ; Owner's Name inside. Pages tanned. Missing dust jacket, cloth cover with very faded lettering on spine. Pages foxing. Fair.