CapRadio Reads: Virtual Author Interview with Alka Joshi

Join CapRadio and Reads host Donna Apidone for a virtual author interview with Alka Joshi on her New York Times Bestseller The Henna Artist. Following the author interview, there will be live Q/A to pose your questions to Donna Apidone and author.

Registered guests will receive a streaming link closer to event date. The book can be purchased at Bookshop.org or from your favorite local bookseller.

About the Book:
Joshi takes readers to 1950s India, where 17-year-old Lakshmi escapes an arranged and abusive marriage to start a new life in Jaipur as a henna artist — and confidante — to the city’s upper-caste elite women. In this complex society, she must work cautiously to build and protect her reputation from the “gossip-eaters” who spread humiliation like oil.

After years of surviving on her wits and talents, her careful work is suddenly at risk when her estranged husband tracks her down with a young girl in tow — a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Her sister, both passionate and reckless, threatens everything Lakshmi has worked so hard for and forces her to re-evaluate what she finds important. Joshi shares an eloquent story felt by many of the delicate balancing act of self-discovery and family love.

About the Author:
Alka Joshi was born in Rajasthan, India, before her family immigrated to America in 1967. After running an advertising and marketing agency for 30 years, Joshi found herself inspired to write her debut novel after questioning how her mother’s life would have been different if she hadn’t had an arranged marriage at 18. Wanting to give her mother life without all of the cultural restrictions that she was forced to observe and give to her back her decision-making power, Joshi spent ten years writing her debut novel.

About CapRadio Reads:
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