pick“There were three kinds of karma: the accumulated karma from all our past lives; the karma we created in this life; and the karma we stored to ripen in our future lives.”
The beauty and cruelty of women‘s lives in 1950s Jaipur. Has anyone read the entire trilogy? Should I?
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pickAfter India's independence from Britain Lakshmi works as a henna artist to build her own independent life while both she and society struggle to mesh the old and new ways.
I loved Lakshmi and Malik, and resented the hell out of Radha even though she was the catalyst for a needed change.
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Starting this today for #BookedInTime #IndiaIndependence
It actually takes place in the first years after Independence but it was on my shelf and BookedInTime was calling to me so . . . . 😊
pickSo thankful to Julie @RebelReader for putting this on her #ALSpine list, as it gave me the push I needed to finally read it! Loved this story about Lakshmi and her family, both blood and found. I‘ve always been fascinated by the art of henna and appreciated the glossary (and recipes!) at the end.
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