Summary of The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

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Radha, who is 13 years old at the start of the tale, is being verbally tormented by the gossipmongers in her town, who refer to her as the "Bad Luck Girl." Her parents had died lately, and her sister, Lakshmi, had run away from her marriage 13 years before. Radha enlists the aid of Lakshmi's husband, Hari, in tracking down her sole living relative.

While Radha begins her hunt, Lakshmi is in high demand as a henna artist in Jaipur, the royal city. Lakshmi is a gifted healer who assists her clients with their aches and pains in addition to her henna work. She's also skilled at creating contraceptive herbs, which she sells to her buddy Samir so that his numerous mistresses may avoid becoming pregnant.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C.B. Publishers
• Release date: Jul 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005180553

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OVERVIEW

Alka Joshi, a native of India who immigrated to America with her family when she was nine years old, wrote The Henna Artist. Joshi began writing fiction in her fifties after a successful career as the owner of her own advertising business. The principal character in the author's debut work is based on her mother, who never had the opportunity to select her route in life but was adamant that her children should.

In March 2020, The Henna Artist was released and quickly became a New York Times bestseller. The novel was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, and a Miramax television series is now under development. In this study guide, all page references correspond to the book's Kindle edition from 2020.

The Henna Artist is set in 1955 in northern India. Since India became an independent country less than a decade ago, the timing is