Meet bestselling authors Alka Joshi and Do nna Jones Alward. You can learn more about their latest books\, Six Days in Bombay and When the World Fell Silent\, with some impactful discussi ons.
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\nAbout Alka Joshi
Born in India and raised in the U.S. since she was nine\, Alka Joshi has a BA fro m Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. Joshi's debut novel\, The Henna Artist\, immediately became a NYT bestseller\, a R eese Witherspoon Bookclub pick\, was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, &\; is in development at Netflix as a TV series. T he Secret Keeper of Jaipur (2021) and The Perfumist of Paris (2023) comple ted the Jaipur Trilogy. Her fourth novel\, Six Days in Bombay\, will be re leased in February 2025. She is currently working on her fifth novel. In 2 024\, Joshi was selected for the Forbes 50 over 50 List\, celebrating wome n who are shattering age and gender norms across all sectors of the Americ an economy and culture.
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\nAbout Donna Jones Alward
\nSince 2006\, New York Times bestseller Donna Jones Alward has enchanted readers with stories of happy endings and homecoming s that have won several awards and been translated into over a dozen langu ages. She&rsquo\;s worked as an administrative assistant\, teaching assist ant\, in retail and as a stay-at-home-mom\, but always knew her degree in English Literature would pay off\, as she is now happy to be a full-time w riter. Her new historical fiction tales blend her love of history with cha racters who step beyond their biggest fears to claim the lives they desire .
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\nAbout Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi
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When \;renowned \;painter Mira Novak arrives at Wadia hosp
ital in Bombay after a miscarriage\, she's expected to make a quick recove
ry\, and her nurse\, Sona\, is excited to \;learn more about \;the
vivacious artist who shares her half-Indian identity. Sona\, yearning for
a larger life\, finds herself carried away by Mira's stories of her trave
ls and exploits and is shocked by accounts of the many lovers the painter
has left scattered throughout Europe. When Mira dies quite suddenly and my
steriously\, Sona falls under suspicion\, and her quiet life is upended.&n
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The key to proving Sona's innocence may lie in a c
ryptic note and four paintings Mira left in her care\, sending the young w
oman on a mission to visit the painter's former friends and lovers across
a tumultuous Europe teetering toward war. On the precipice of discovering
her own identity\, Sona learns that the painter's charming facade hid a fa
r more complicated\, troubled soul.
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\nAbout Wh en the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward
\nNora C rowell wants more than her sister's life as a wife and mother. As WWI rage s across the Atlantic\, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nurs ing Corp. But trouble is looming and it won't be long before the truth com es to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-o ne else to turn to\, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relatio ns who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen\, the joy and light of h er life\, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour\, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again . Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way\, trailing both heartb reak and joy its wake.
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