Looking for Peyton Place, Barbara Delinsky
Looking for Peyton Place, Barbara Delinsky
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Looking for Peyton Place

Author: Barbara Delinsky

Narrator: Julia Gibson, Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 26 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/04/2011


Synopsis

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 a Peyton Place of 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....

About Barbara Delinsky

Barbara Delinsky has written more than twenty New York Times bestselling novels, with over thirty million copies in print. Her books are highly emotional, character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship. She is also the author of a breast cancer handbook. A breast cancer survivor herself, Barbara donates her author proceeds from the handbook to fund a research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Visit her at BarbaraDelinsky.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on July 30, 2017

Good read! interesting writing on the turmoil of divorce plus other matters concerning one women who chose to return to her small home town to find out what her mother died from...excellent story (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Ruth Soz on February 19, 2016

I can't remember what made me want to read Peyton Place, but I thought this would be an interesting read after enjoying its namesake. Not the case; the narrator annoyed me and seemed to have a huge chip on her shoulder. In the end, it seemed to be a cheap ploy to gain readership.......more

Goodreads review by Valen on January 12, 2012

Again not what I expected really. The romance in this novel was really mild but the main plot was amazing. It was very educational and it was really a good turn of events. Annie came back to Middle River to know what really happen to her Mother and what's happening to her sister. What starts of as......more

Goodreads review by Bren on January 08, 2019

Creo que lo que salva este libro es la forma en que esta narrado, Barbara Delinsky escribe fabulosamente bien, lo que hace que esta trama que es, por decirlo bajito, bastante mediocre, resulte en algo bastante leíble. Barbara Delinsky se inspira en la obra de Grace Metalious, Playton Place, para es......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on July 07, 2016

A very readable story. Of course I always love a book where the main character is an author. I also liked the link to Peyton Place. I liked the fight that Annie took up at Middle River to get to the bottom of what is causing so much sickness in the town. Individuals that question the power of those......more