In 1959 Grace Metalious returned to this town, hoping to cash in on the success of her earlier novel
Down to the right, in the back, near a stand of pines,... [DOC] [TLE] Grace Metalious - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Grace Metalious, the author of one of the most notorious and best-selling ... 11 
years old, Grace's father walked out on his family, which consisted of Grace, her 
.... of Metalious' novel is a small, seemingly respectable New England town that ... 
the sequel Return to Peyton Place (1961) in 1961, based on her 1959 follow-up 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Download Searchable PDF - Columbia University [PAR] ... the book was followed by a successful motion picture (1957) starring Lana 
Turner and ... sequel to the book, Return to Peyton Place (1959), sold four million 
copies in ... how the town got its name from Samuel Peyton, who had a castle 
brought from .... tion of manuscript material relating to Grace Metalious and her 
work.