Grace Metalious (born Marie Grace DeRepentigny, September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author, best known for her controversial novel Peyton Place, which stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 59 weeks. It sold 20 million copies in hardcover and another 12 million as a Dell paperback.
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“A darkness out of Asia that had crossed
Old Attic grace and Spartan discipline
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—Robert Frost (1874–1963)