After all, you just might stumble across a new favorite. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is a 2017 novel by Singaporean author Balli Kaur Jaswal, published by Morrow/HarperCollins. 'The prose is as rich and beautiful as Lakshmi's henna designs, and the plot is full of unanticipated surprises.' So, if you've got a case of reader's block and don't know where to begin, take a look at all of the star's past book club picks ahead. Now You See Us FORTHCOMING MAR 2023 (UK) / MAY 2023 (US) pub.

''The Henna Artist' captivated me from the opening pages,' one reader said on Amazon. Books Balli Kaur Jaswal is the award-winning author of Inheritance, Sugarbread, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters and Now You See Us. As she becomes entangled in their webs of gossip and jealousy, she struggles to keep her own secrets hidden. Movie rights for Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows have been sold to Scott Free Productions and Film4. Lakshmi makes a living for herself as a henna artist among the wealthy upper-class women of the city. Her third novel, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was released in 2017, and garnered her a wider international following, driven in part by being picked as a selection for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine online book club. The captivating novel tells the story of a 17-year-old girl name Lakshmi who runs away from her abusive husband to 1950s Jaipur, India. Witherspoon's pick for May 2020 is 'The Henna Artist' by Alka Joshi. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work.Ĭan't decide what to read this month? Reese Witherspoon's book club Hello Sunshine is my personal go-to for book recommendations, and the list includes everything from murder mysteries to heartbreaking memoirs and beautifully cheesy romance novels.

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