The Henna Artist Characters. As the author firmly states in her book, independence changed everything, independence changed nothing. 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.
An unforeseen newcomer into her carefully planned life upends the status quo. The henna artist brims over with richly drawn customs, locations, and characters. 384 pages, 8.93 x 5.93 x 0.94 in published:
The henna artist is her first novel.
Alka joshi reimagines a life for her mother, who was in an arranged marriage at 18 and had three children by age 22. Historical fiction set in the 1950s india with the 30 year old henna artist of the title at its center. Click download or read online button to get the henna artist book now. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.