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Historical fiction set in Jaipur, India of the 1950s. A henna artist married at fifteen, escapes from an abusive husband at seventeen, and finds her calling applying henna/mehendi to the rich and famous of post-Independence India. Years pass and a sister born since after she left home shows up at her door step. Beautiful descriptions of the henna artwork, insightful concoctions of traditional herbs and restorative foods, recipes that make you want to eat along as you read - all travel parallel w
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Jul 16, 2020
Suzy Davies
marked it as to-read
Sep 24, 2020
WillowRaven
marked it as to-read
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life-stories-slice-of-life,
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realistic-fic,
hist-fict,
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