Miss Timmins' School for Girls (Currimbhoy Nayana)(Paperback) - diskuze

"An irresistible novel that hurls forward at breathtaking speed toward an unpredictable climax."
--Thrity Umrigar, bestselling author of The Space Between Us "Beautifully written, atmospheric...contains entire worlds. I couldn't put it down."
--Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and AbsurdistanMiss Timmins' School for Girls is the truly dazzling debut of a major novelist, Nayana Currimbhoy. Set in India during the monsoon of 1974, it tells the story of a conventional young girl who leaves her cloistered small town home to teach at a remote boarding school run by British Missionaries. Part coming-of-age novel, part suspenseful murder mystery, Miss Timmins' School for Girls is a brilliant evocation of a colorful time and place--India during the love, drug, and rock 'n' roll era--complete
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