Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist (Hardcover)

from eyes.2c

Rich Indian novel! I found the background to this novel set in 1950's Jaipur fascinating. I knew nothing about henna work, well a few vague suppositions, but I was totally engaged by the art Lakshmi practised. I became immersed in her culture. I marvelled at how Lakshmi included henna motifs from...

from BettyTaylor56

Beautifully written, I found myself immersed into the life of henna artist Lakshimi Shastri. I felt her struggle and determination to escape the life she was born into. Married to a husband who beat her she had the courage to leave everything behind and seek out a new life in a new city. Life was...

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THE HENNA ARTIST by Alka Joshi India in the 1950's was not a welcoming place for an unwilling bride who is also poor and desperate. Lakshmi, the unwilling bride, takes matter into her own hands and runs away – successfully. She is taken in by a group of prostitutes in a brothel and taught the art...

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Lakshmi fled an abusive arranged marriage, leaving behind her husband and parents to go to the city of Jaipur, following the recent independence of India from the British Empire. She is a henna artist to many of Jaipur's wealthy women, where she has cultivated a large clientele who turn to her to...

from Cecelia

What a magical novel about the power of sisterhood, friendship, and loyalty. I have already recommended this novel to my friends and family. I cannot stop thinking about it through my everyday tasks. So powerful!