The Henna Artist Book 2. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, the henna artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.
The novel was featured as a reese witherspoon book club pick and is currently being developed as a miramax television series. Lakshmi is such a strong and multifaceted character. We're giving away 25 advanced reader copies of the secret keeper of jaipur by alka joshi.
The book follows a henna artist named lakshmi who ran away from an abusive marriage to make a life for herself as an independent woman in 1950s' india.
When the book begins, it is 1969, twelve years after the last book ended. Discussion questions for the henna artist are listed. Author alka joshi was to speak about her debut novel the henna artist. I had heard a lot about the book before finally reading it and i am glad that i did.