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The henna artist / Alka Joshi.

Joshi, Alka, (author.).

Summary:

A talented henna artist for wealthy confidantes finds her efforts to control her own destiny in 1950s Jaipur threatened by the abusive husband she fled as a teenage girl.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780778309451
  • ISBN: 0778309452
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Mira, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series information from GoodReads.
24 unnumbered pages at the back of the book includes: acknowledgments, glossary of terms, the story of henna, the caste system in India, and recipes.
Subject: Young women > India > Jaipur > Fiction.
Mehndi (Body painting) > Fiction.
Abused women > Fiction.
Henna (Dye) > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Artists > Fiction.
Upper class > Fiction.
Jaipur (India) > Fiction.
India > History > 1947- > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
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