Miss Timmins' School For Girls Av Nayana Currimbhoy

<p>“An irresistible novel that hurls forward at breathtaking speed toward an unpredictable climax.”<br/>—Thrity Umrigar, bestselling author of <em>The Space Between Us </em></p><p>“Beautifully written, atmospheric…contains entire worlds. I couldn’t put it down.”<br/>—Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of <em>Super Sad True Love Story</em> and <em>Absurdistan</em></p><p><em>Miss Timmins’ School for Girls</em> 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, <em>Miss Timmins’ School for Girls</em> is a brilliant evocation of a colorful time and place—India during the love, drug, and rock ’n’ roll era—complete with the sights, sounds