Bitter memories in Peyon Place
Grace Metalious, dead nearly two months, is remembered in Gilmanton New Hampshire as the author of Peyton Place. Neighbors recall her bold life, the rise to fame, two divorces and lawsuits, and the town’s mixed feelings as her memory lingers with springtime in a place she made famous.
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Gilmanton
N.H
Grace Metalious
New Hampshire
Peyton Place
Gilmanton Corners
Smith Meeting House
England
Grace
Leonard Slovack
Manchester
Rod and Gun Club
Dr. Slovack
George Metalions
Circus
Fifth Avenue
George
Jacques Chambrun
T. J. Martin
Black River High School
Ludlow
Bernard Snierson
New York
Judge Snierson
Bernie
Shea's
John Shea
America
Ollie Swan
John Rees
Rees
Charles River View
Boston
Beth Israel Hospital
Grace Rees
Herman Krupp
Lake Winnipesauke
Hugh Mulligan
Simenon Novel THE BELLS OF BICETRE Review
Article reviews Georges Simenon native Belgian author now in Switzerland praised for simplicity and narrative skill. Highlights his latest novel THE BELLS OF BICETRE about a Paris hospital bound publisher facing impending death, with critique of Western democracies. Also notes Basil Collier’s BARREN VICTORIES and Howard Sachar FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH with brief descriptions.
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Georges Simenon
Switzerland
Simenon
Maipret
Harcourt, Brace & World
France
Paris
Beanie
Basil Collier
Versailles
Suez
Doubleday
Collier
Great Britain
Mothers, Children Tomorrow Will Be Monday
Katinka Lee reviews a collection about mothers and children. It blends tales of maternal coping with a dead kitten, a boy’s fear of a mother’s presence at a baseball game, and tender memories of a distant childhood. A nocturne about a faithful wife and mother adds nuance.
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Katinka Leeger
Atheneum
Tom
Gabby
Best Sellers List Highlights Spy Cold War Classics
The lineup features The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carré The Group by McCarthy The Wapshot Scandal by Cheever The Venetian Affair by MacInnes Von Ryan's Express by Westheimer Profiles in Courage by Kennedy Four Days An Anti American Heritage A Day in the Life of President Kennedy by Bishop Mandate for Change by Eisenhower The Green Felt Jungle by Reid and Demaris.
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Kennedy
President Kennedy
Bishop
Mandate For Change
Eisenhower
Reid and
Demaris
Troubled South by Shirley Ann Grau
A Gulf Coast family saga centers on Abigail, granddaughter of Will Howland, alongside Margaret and her mixed race children. Tensions rise as Margaret’s Northern educated son Robert returns, challenging the Tolliver power structure and revealing shifting race relations without pat answers.
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Shirley Ann Grau
Knopf
Miss Grau
Gulf Coast
Abigail
Will Howland
Will
Margaret
Tolliver
Robert
Dancer Versus Family 1 WAS DANCING
Edwin O Connors short novel uses a droll backdrop and heavy pathos to explore a climactic day in the life of Waltzing Daniel Considine and his son Tom. Dan returns after 20 years, disrupts Tom and his wife, and a final confrontation reveals tense family dynamics and psychological drama.
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Edwin O'Connor
Atlantic Little Brown
O'Connor
Daniel Considine
Tom
Dan
Old Dan
Happy Valley
Delia
Billy Ryan
Father Feeley
al Gottlieb
O'Conner
Journey to Lisbon Night of Refuge and Fear
Erich Maria Remarque weaves a tense tale of flight across Europe in 1942 Lisbon where refugee Schwarz seeks his wife Helen. The narrative follows forged papers border crossings and peril amid Nazi pursuit, culminating in a fragile haven in Portugal and a deep, perilous love story.
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Lisbon
Erich Maria Remarque
Harcourt, Brace
Remarque
Germany
Josef Schwarz
Schwarz
Helen
Georg
France
Portugal
More Operas In Translations In English by the Martins
A new English version of Rossini's Italian in Algeria will be staged by the San Francisco Opera in June and published by G. Schirmer. Ruth and Thomas Martin translate many operas, with Cosi fan tutte and Figaro translations widely used in the Met and across the country. TED SHAWN touts Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and other top companies. Central High School to host a 3 p.m. concert. UNC Greensboro runs an opera institute in Asheville August 3-5. Piedmont Festival Orchestra to convene in High Point April 20-26 with regional high school groups. Melnikov
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Algeria
San Francisco Opera
G. Schirmer
Ruth
Thomas Martin
Martins
Thomas
America
Metropolitan
Schirmers
Met
Figaro
Fledermaus
New York City Opera
Martin
Barber of Seville
Elisir d'Almore
Froza del Destino
Ted Shawn
The
American Dancers
Shawn
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
U. S
National Ballet of Canada
Toronto
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Montreal
Canada
Royal Ballet
Winnipeg
Central High School
Central High
David Carter
Piedmont
University OF North Carolina At Greensboro
Opera
Boris Goldovsky
Asheville - Biltmore College
Asheville
Opera Institute
School of Mic Sic
UGG
Greensboro
N. c
High Point
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Barry Ruth
Melnikov
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Royal Norwegian Ballet
Royal Swedish Ballet
Robert Joffrey Ballet
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