https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Alka-Joshi-author-photo.jpg Alka Joshi Historical Fiction Re-imagining her mother's life in India as a henna artist that fights for autonomy amid controlling family members.
BookTribOctober 21, 2019
"This vivid story is rich and complex!" —Reese Witherspoon Set in post-colonial India, The Henna Artist (MIRA), Alka Joshi’s debut novel, exposes a society hobbled by a rigid caste system, misogyny, superstition and age-old traditions. The smell of sandalwood, cooking fires, and tropical flowers wafts through it all, but…
Sherri DaleyMay 20, 2020
It’s difficult for anyone to avoid the world’s expectations. We’re indoctrinated with so many of them and from such an early age, like that pallette of pink and blue with which society paints itself. So, what happens when we decide we’d like to circumvent these expectations? Try painting with a…
BookTribJune 7, 2021