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Also by Alka Joshi:

Six Days in Bombay, April 2025
Audio / audiobook
Six Days in Bombay, April 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
The Perfumist of Paris, April 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Perfumist of Paris, April 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Perfumist of Paris, April 2023
Audio / e-Book / audiobook
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, July 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, July 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, July 2021
Audio / audiobook
The Henna Artist, March 2020
Audio / audiobook
The Henna Artist, March 2020
Hardcover / e-Book

THE HENNA ARTIST
By: Alka Joshi

Harlequin
March 2020
On Sale: March 3, 2020
ISBN: 0174030304
EAN: 2940174030305
Audio / audiobook
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Women's Fiction Historical

A New York Times Best Seller

A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page." (Reese Witherspoon)

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.

Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own....

Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow - a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those that surround her as she does.

Narrated by Sneha Mathan.