Cloverdale Library Book Club: The Henna Artist

Welcome to the Cloverdale Library Book Club! Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM for tea and friendly conversation!

This month's book is The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi.

"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... 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."--Publisher description excerpt.

Print Copies will be available in the branch a month before the discussion.

Feel free to email or call the library at 707-894-5271 with any questions.

2023 Book Club Schedule: 

January 10 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

February 14 The Henna Artist

March 14 The Carrying

April 11 Afterparties

May 9 The Personal Librarian

June 13 Dial A for Aunties

July 11 The House in the Cerulean Sea

August 8 Our Voice of Fire

September 12 Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead 

October 10 Arsenic and Adobo

November 14 Ten Steps to Nanette

December 12 Piranesi