âBeautifully written, atmosphericâĻcontains entire worlds. I couldnât put it down.â
âGary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
Miss Timminsâ 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 Timminsâ School for Girls is a brilliant evocation of a colorful time and placeâIndia during the love, drug, and rock ânâ roll eraâcomplete with the sights, sounds, and music of the period seamlessly woven into the page-turning tale.