Ebook {Epub PDF} The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi is an intimate look at the life of an Indian woman named Lakshmi. She was forced to marry Hari at a young age. His mother taught her herbal medicine, including remedies for hair loss, fertility, and abortion. When Hari became abusive, Lakshmi escaped to Jaipur India. Her abandonment brought great shame to her parents/5(K). Alka Joshi’s culturally rich debut novel sweeps you back to s post-indepen- dence India. Henna artist and herbal healer Lakshmi Shastri is determined to get ahead, but her past might trip her up. Vibrant characters, evocative imagery, and sumptuous prose create a satisfying, unforgettable tale.  · About the Henna Artist. Book Name: The Henna Artist. Author: Alka Joshi. Genre: Fiction – Drama, History. Characters: Lakshmi, Radha, Malik, Kanta and Manu, Parvati and Samir, Dr Jay Kumar, Maharani Latika. Setting: Jaipur, Rajasthan, www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.

The Henna Artistby Alka Joshi. 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. Alka Joshi is now following Ashleigh and Mykayla Fontaine. PM. Alka Joshi and 21 other people liked Lindsey Gandhi's review of The Henna Artist (The Henna Artist #1): "Loved this story. Being married to an Indian family, I loved seeing all the cultural nuances come to life. Alka Joshi, the New York Times best-selling author of The Henna Artist and her most recent book The Secret Keeper of Jaipur is on to share her journey from successful entrepreneur to full time author. Alka believes that the energy we put out into the world is what we attract back in.

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi is an intimate look at the life of an Indian woman named Lakshmi. She was forced to marry Hari at a young age. His mother taught her herbal medicine, including remedies for hair loss, fertility, and abortion. When Hari became abusive, Lakshmi escaped to Jaipur India. Her abandonment brought great shame to her parents. The Henna Artist is Joshi’s first novel. Joshi runs an advertising and marketing firm. Born in India and raised in the US, Joshi has lived in India, France, Italy, and the US. On her Web site, Joshi focuses on her advertising and marketing abilities, but The Henna Artist is also featured. The Henna Artist is a novel by Alka Joshi, a native of India who moved to America with her family at the age of nine. After a successful career running her own advertising agency, Joshi broke into fiction writing in her sixties.