Picked up at our LFL.

Lakshmi is now 30 years old living in Jaipur, India. She has escaped an abusive, arranged marriage when she was just 15, and has now made a wonderful, life for herself as an expert Henna Artist as well as a knowledgeable herbalist. Unexpectedly, her sister ( who she did not know existed) shows up on her doorstep. Now all that Lakshmi has worked for begins to unravel around her. As her life spirals out of control, she has some very difficult decisions to make.
This is a wonderful, well written story. The author is able to place you right into the story as if you were there. The descriptions are fantastic.

Loaned to a friend.

Has been returned and is now available

On reserve for echode for the wishlist tag game.

Sending to echode for the wishlist tag game.

Thank you for the tag, spoiledrotten! Looking forward to it, especially after your review.

What a beautiful tale! I now have Shimla on my list of places-to-visit.
Joshi does a superlative job with imagery, and I completely believe the spiritual growth that happens with these complex characters.

**setting aside for the next round of hyphen8's Asian Diaspora VBB**

Not sure when the next round will happen, but have plenty of contenders waiting in the wing, so this will be heading out to NancyNova 😊

arrived! Thank you - and thanks for pointing out this book will work for the Asian bookbox, should it come around again.