Peyton Place (novel)

Peyton Place is a novel by Grace Metalious. It was published in 1956. It is a "tell-all" book about the secrets of a small town in New England.  It sold more than 100,000 copies in its first month of release. The book was the basis for a movie of the same name starring Lana Turner, and a 1965 prime time television soap opera starring Mia Farrow and Dorothy Malone.

References
 Vanity Fair: Peyton Place's Real Victim

Category:1956 books
Category:20th-century American novels