| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
496 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
In 1974, three weeks before her twenty-first birthday, Charulata Apte arrives at Miss Timmins' School for Girls in Panchgani. Shy, sheltered, and running from a scandal that disgraced her Brahmin family, Charu finds herself teaching Shakespeare to rich Indian girls in a boarding school still run like and outpost of the British Empire. In this small, foreign universe, Charu is drawn to the charismatic teacher Moira Prince, who introduces her to pot-smoking hippies, rock 'n' roll, and freedoms she never knew existed. Then one monsoon night, a body is found at the bottom of a cliff, and the ordered worlds of school and town are thrown into chaos. When Charu is implicated in the murder- a case three intrepid schoolgirls take it upon themselves to solve- Charu's real education begins. A love story and a murder mystery, Miss Timmins' School for Girls is, ultimately, a coming-of-age tale set against the turbulence of the 1970s as it played out in one small corner of India.--From back cover. |
| Subject |
Young women -- India -- Fiction.
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Brahmans -- Fiction.
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English teachers -- India -- Fiction.
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Girls' schools -- India -- Fiction.
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Bohemianism -- Fiction.
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Panchgani (India) -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780061997747 paperback |
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0061997749 paperback |
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