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COMING MARCH 2, 2027
From the New York Times Bestsellng author of The Henna Artist comes another historical novel set in 1920 Jaipur. Sixteen-year-old Deepa yearns to learn the forbidden dance of the courtesans despite the danger of being cast out of her family and society. How will she find anyone to teach her and keep her secret? And will it help her find the mother she lost a year ago?
“Spellbinding…A treasure of a novel about family, loyalty, and the cost of pursuing one’s dreams.”—Fiona Davis, Bestselling Author of The Stolen Queen
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Working with Director Radha Mehta, cinematographer Isue Shin and an incredible cast and crew, we filmed three scenes from SIX DAYS IN BOMBAY. Click on photos to watch.
Alka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy, which has been translated into 29 languages. Her debut novel, The Henna Artist, which began as a love letter to her mother and eventually grew into a love letter to India, was a New York Times Bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick, an LA Times Bestseller, a Toronto Star Bestseller and a Cosmopolitan Best Audio Pick. It paved the way for the sequels: The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. Forbes selected Joshi for its 50 Over 50 List in 2023 and invited her on stage at the Forbes 30/50 Forum in Abu Dhabi and on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program on 4/14/25 to talk about her fourth novel, Six Days in Bombay, and why she champions women: https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/how-a-mysterious-death-inspired-alka-joshi-s-six-days-in-bombay-237306437777
