"Peyton Place" is a novel by Grace Metalious, published in 1956. The book was one of the first "blockbusters" of literature history, selling sixty-thousand copies in the first ten days of it's release. It then remained on the New York Times best seller list for 59 consecutive weeks. The book included controversial themes such as incest, abortion, adultery and murder, and followed the lives of three women as they struggled to find themselves in society. A movie was spawned off of this story the year after it's release, in 1957. A sequel was then made, Titled "Return to Peyton Place".
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Place_(novel)
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