Spoiled Milk by Curran, Avery
Spoiled Milk by Curran, Avery

Spoiled Milk

A thrilling gothic debut - The untimely death of a student at a girls' boarding school marks...
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Author: Avery Curran
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Spoiled Milk by Curran, Avery

Spoiled Milk

$91.99 $48.00
Spoiled Milk by Curran, Avery

Spoiled Milk

$91.99 $48.00
Author: Avery Curran
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A thrilling gothic debut - The untimely death of a student at a girls' boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age.

"A truly impeccable novel." --Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea

"This book destroyed me." --Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth

In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest star (and a cunning beauty for whom Emily would do anything), falls to her death on her eighteenth birthday. Emily and her buttoned-up rival Evelyn are, for once, in agreement: Violet's death was no accident. There's an obvious culprit, the French schoolmistress with whom Violet was getting a little too close--they only need to prove it.

Desperate for answers, Emily and her classmates turn to spiritualism, hoping for a glimpse of wisdom from the great beyond. To their shock, Violet's spirit appears, choosing pious Evelyn as her unlikely medium. And Violet has a warning for them: the danger has just begun.

Something deadly is infecting Briarley. It starts with rotten food and curdled milk, but quickly grows more threatening. As the body count rises and the students race to save themselves, Emily must confront the fatal forces poisoning the school. Emily's fight for survival forces her to reevaluate everything she knows: about Violet, Evelyn, Briarley, and, ultimately, herself. Avery Curran channels the indelible ambience and intrigue of the classic boarding school novel while turning the beloved genre on its head in this visceral, exuberant debut.

Author: Avery Curran
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 03/10/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.76w x 1.43d
ISBN: 9780385551595


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026
Publishers Weekly 01/05/2026
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001

About the Author
AVERY CURRAN studied history at university, where she first became interested in spiritualism. She finished an M.A. in Victorian studies in 2021, and is now midway through a Ph.D. on spiritualism and queerness in the nineteenth century. She was born in New York City and currently lives in London with her girlfriend and their cat.
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