Girls in Green
Subtitle: Memories of St Mary's
By: Editor: Frederick Noronha
Contributors: Cover design by Cecil Pinto
Series: Goa Reader
Publisher: Goa, 1556 http://goa1556.goa-india.org
Published: December 2007
Place of publication: Goa, India
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9788190568227
Subjects: alumni, education
Genres: non-fiction
First sentence: St. Mary's Convent High School, Mapusa, of the good old days was for most of us who spent our entire mornings there a home away from home.
Description: This book is a compiliation of essays penned by past-pupils of St Mary's Convent, Mapusa, Goa, a prominent six-decades old institution located in North Goa town of Mapusa, in coastal western India. It emerged from a 'virtual community' built in cyberspace for past-pupiles of the institution, an electronic mailing list called 'greenchillies'. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stmarysgirlsmapusa/
Table of contents: class: section
title: Chapter 1 Wood floors, leaking roofs... and happy memories; class: section
title: Chapter 2 Memories from cold Scandinavia; class: section
title: Chapter 3 School, boys, college, love ...; class: section
title: Chapter 4 Strict handsome, accented, understanding; class: section
title: Chapter 5 My high school box... love, kisses and letters; class: section
title: Chapter 6 After dropping the chalk, wiping the board; class: section
title: Chapter 7 From Moira to Mapusa, on 40 paisa a day; class: section
title: Chapter 8 Remembering forgetfulness: help me find my keys; class: section
title: Chapter 9 Boarding years: fondness, laughter; class: section
title: Chapter 10 Days from the past, worth dreaming of; class: section
title: Chapter 11 Boarding pass: vignettes from SMC, circa 1967-1970