Looking for Peyton Place

by Barbara Delinsky

Book Overview

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorTo an outsider, Middle River is a picture-perfect New Hampshire town. But Annie grew up there, and she knows all its secrets - as did her idol Grace Metalious,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743246446
• ISBN13: 9780743246446
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Another great read by Delinsky

Over the past five years I have been reading Barbara's books and I have thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. She always includes the right ingredients-romance, mystery, suspense, and a thoroughly happy ending. This one is no exception....it is also very informative, and she appears to have done sufficient research on the topics of which she speaks. I read all the other customer reviews and I don't understand why some people read her books with such a critical eye. Some people are just too picky!! This is a great read and I look forward to her next novel. I may even suggest this one for our neighborhood book club to read. Thank you, Barbara.

Looking for Peyton Place - GREAT!

I have been an avid Barbara Delinsky fan since reading THREE WISHES - her newest novel definitely lived up to my expectations. It was an excellent read and, when putting it down, I couldn't wait to pick it up again. I am planning on reading the original Peyton Place novel by Grace Metalious, which is an important part of the story. I would highly recommend LOOKING FOR PEYTON PLACE.

Barbara does it again!

As usual, Barbara Delinsky has provided me with an outstanding summer read! Looking for Peyton Place is not just a mindless romance story. It involves little known facts about mercury poisoning, chelation, and the original Peyton Place author, Grace Metalious. I have enjoyed all of her books so much, and this one was not a disappointment. This is an excellent choice for travelers who spend time in airports as well as beach bums.

Looking for Grace Metalious

I have just finished another great book by Barbara Delinsky. She never fails to educate me about something in a thoroughly enjoyable novel. This time it was Grace Metalious and mercury poisoning. The story is about an author who is haunted by the stigma she felt from her small New England town and the haunting influence of the author of Peyton Place. In an effort to find out why her mother died she goes back to the town she grew up in to finds answers. What she also finds is love, family, a home and peace of mind. As usual I love Barbara's plot, characters, the building of relationships and what I learned.

fabulous mainstream women's fiction

Middle River is the New England town that Grace Metalious' novel Peyton Place was based on. Middle River looks quaint and wholesome, but people have secrets would ruin them if they get out. It is a company town and Sandy Meade owns the Northwood Paper Mill that employs most of the townsfolk so people are very reluctant to talk about the wrongdoing of Sandy and his son Aidan. When Annie Barnes, a famous writer, thinks about her mother's death, she isn't sure that the official verdict tells the whole story. She returns to Middle River where she sees Phoebe have the same symptoms that her mother had. After doing some research, she thinks that they and other villagers suffer from mercury poison. The only place in town that uses mercury is the paper plant. The Meades try to turn the townsfolk against her and run her out of town before she learns what they are trying so desperately to hide. Making matters worse is that Annie falls for James Meade who refuses to tell her what he knows about his family and the possibility of mercury poisoning afflicting the people of Middle River. The best part of reading a Barbara Delinsky book is that she never tells the same story twice and she imbues her storyline with a relevant social issue. LOOKING FOR PEYTON PLACE is a fabulous mainstream women's fiction book focusing on a spunky protagonist. Annie is determined to find out what is wrong in her town because she doesn't want to lose her sister or have other innocent people fall ill or die. Ms. Delinsky puts her heart into her work. Harriet Klausner