LOOKING FOR PEYTON PLACE(寻找佩顿)
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基本信息·出版社：Pocket; Reprint edition
·页码：560 页
·出版日期：2006年
·ISBN：0743469860
·条形码：9780743469869
·装帧：其他
·外文书名：寻找佩顿
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A picture-perfect New Hampshire town hides a history of scandal and intrigue -- a legacy Annie Barnes has never shaken since growing up in tiny Middle River. Five decades ago the area was rocked by a bombshell of a book,Peyton Place,and its author, Grace Metalious, who seemed to know everyone's most intimate secrets. Now a bestselling novelist herself, Annie has come home to find answers to the strange circumstances of her mother's recent death, which leads her to uncover a shocking truth about the local paper mill. The townspeople fear Annie intends to pen aPeyton Placeof her very own, and no one wants her stirring up trouble. But one intriguing man is captivated by Annie's determined spirit -- and he wants to give the people of Middle River something to talk about....
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From Publishers Weekly
With her mother deceased and her older sister suffering similar symptoms, successful 30-something novelist Annie Barnes turns detective—Erin Brokovich-style—when she reluctantly returns to her "stifling, stagnant, and cruel" New Hampshire hometown of Middle River in Delinsky''s diverting latest (afterThe Summer I Dared). A company town dominated by Northbrook Paper Mill, owned by the powerful Meades, Middle River''s real claim to fame, according to Annie and other townspeople, is that it was the model for the once notorious bestsellerPeyton Placeby Grace Metalious. Annie''s neighbors are equally sure that she''s returned to dig up their dirt, and, like Metalious, write about it. Though Annie is less concerned with gossip than possible mercury poisoning, Metalious speaks to her from beyond the grave, egging her on in her investigation. The plucky heroine also begins a flirty e-mail conversation with a Deep Throat who calls himself "TrueBlue" and hints at Northbrook Mill''s dark doings. And against all odds, handsome Meade scion James seems to be an ally in her environmental crusade. Readers with an appetite for light fare will find all the right ingredients—romance, mystery, suspense, sisterly rivalry and a thoroughly happy ending.(July)
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FromAudioFile
Middle River might be the town Grace Metalious had in mind when she wrote PEYTON PLACE. Its residents think so. When Annie Barnes returns there to investigate the cause of her mother''s early death, the town and its secrets turn on her. The production has two readers. Richard Ferrone reads well but does not make a memorable impression of his character. His portrayal offers neither romance nor mystery. Julia Gibson is the one who stays in the mind because of her delivery of the story''s first-person narration. It is her voice that one remembers in thinking back on the book. J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to theAudio CDedition.
FromBooklist
Say the words "Peyton Place" and what comes to mind? Sex, of course, and hypocrisy, and the kind of small-town secrets that really aren''t so secret after all. Middle River, New Hampshire, always knew it was the real-life model for literature''s most notorious location by virtue of being author Grace Metalious'' hometown. Among the residents Grace made famous were Connie Barnes and her daughter, Alyssa, though Connie is long dead and Alyssa has just died--under mysterious circumstances, if you ask her daughter, acclaimed novelist Annie Barnes. When Annie returns to the town she''d forsaken to investigate her mother''s death, the townspeople fear she''s back to follow in Grace''s footsteps by exposing a new generation of dirty little secrets in a tell-all novel--and they''ll stop at nothing to see that she never writes a single word. Working from such an intriguing premise, Delinsky is at her best, skillfully weaving elements of a tantalizing mystery and titillating romance in this vibrant page-turner.Carol Haggas
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Review
"Delinsky may be as adept at chronicling contemporary life in New England as any writer this side of John Updike."--Times Union(Albany, NY)
"A compelling read."--Library Journal
"Delinsky is at her best."--Booklist
