Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

She continued writing, but was criticized for her unkempt appearance and for being a poor housewife and mother. When her husband returned from the war and enrolled at the University of New Hampshire, Metalious, by this time a mother, felt trapped. After the war ended, men expected women to put aside their newly gained independence and return to domesticity and conformity. The couple decided that their only option was to 'live in sin,' which quickly convinced both sets of parents to agree to their marriage, which took place on February 27, 1943.ĭuring World War II, American women achieved new freedom and independence, filling many jobs and roles previously assumed by men. In high school, she met and fell in love with George Metalious, but because of his Greek ancestry her family initially refused to let them marry. Lonely and isolated as a young child, and even more so after her parents divorced, Grace began writing at an early age. Grace de Repentigny was born in 1924 and spent her childhood years in the industrial mill town of Manchester, New Hampshire, with a mother who fantasized constantly about a better life and a father who was often forced to work several jobs to support the family. Considered quite sexually explicit at the time, the novel explored, questioned, and challenged both the 1950s conservative, restrictive, and idealistic view of women's place in society and conformity in general. Grace Metalious, a housewife from the dreary mill town of Manchester, New Hampshire, burst onto the American literary scene in 1956, setting off shockwaves with the publication of her novel Peyton Place. Peyton Place (1956) Return to Peyton Place (1959) The Tight White Collar (1960) No Adam in Eden (1963). Martin, on Febru(divorced October 6, 1960) supposedly remarried George Metalious, on October 8, 1960, but no record exists children: (first marriage) Marsha Metalious Dupuis Christopher Metalious Cynthia Metalious. Born Grace de Repentigny in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Septemdied on February 25, 1964, of chronic liver disease daughter of Alfred Abert de Repentigny (a printer) and Laurette (Royer) de Repentigny attended public schools in Manchester, New Hampshire married George Metalious, on Febru(divorced February 25, 1958) married T.J. Name variations: Grace DeRepentigny Metalious. American author who had a meteoric rise to fame with the publication of Peyton Place.

Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious