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02897aam a22005415i 4500 001 32C4E50EAF9711EAB597040797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200616010411 008 200330s2020 meu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020935973 020 $a 143288316X 020 $a 9781432883164 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Joshi, Alka $e author. 245 14 $a The henna artist / $c Alka Joshi. 250 $a Large print. 263 $a 2006 264 1 $a Watervilel : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 535 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist--and confidante--most in demand 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.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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 $a Young Women $x Fiction $x Jaipur $x Fiction 650 $a Mehndi (Body painting) $x Fiction 650 $a Abused Women $x Fiction 650 $a Henna (Dye) $x Fiction 650 $a Secrecy $x Fiction 650 $a Sisters $x Fiction 650 $a Artists $x Fiction 650 $a Upper Class $x Fiction 650 $a Historical fiction 650 $a Jaipur (India) $x Fiction 650 $a India $x Fiction $x 1947- $x Fiction 941 $a 14 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012023401.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011001.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230504010344.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331013921.0 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20220923010958.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210904010247.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20210406012359.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20210105012047.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20201007081750.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20201002011016.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200929010412.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20200922010159.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20200730010638.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20200616011920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=32C4E50EAF9711EAB597040797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search