Sheillagh
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Alka Joshi:
Hello Alka, I am so excited to have found your novels. I started with "The Henna Artist" and loved it so much that I read your next novel chronologically, "The Perfumist of Paris". Your writing is magical. It draws the reader into the story and I totally forget where I am when I'm reading your novels. The way you capture the emotions and motivations of your characters is amazing! I could go on and on ?
Alka Joshi
Aww. Thanks for that feedback, Sheillagh. I think the reason the characters feel so visceral to you is because they feel real to me too. As I’m writing, I’m envisioning them in the scenes, talking to the other people they’re with, feeling the emotions they must be feeling. When I wrote the scene in The Perfumist of Paris where Radha meets her son Niki after 18 years, I cried when she cried. In Six Days in Bombay, when the most important person in Sona’s life dies, I had to reach for the tissues because I felt her loss just as keenly. Thank you for continuing to read the novels and loving these characters as much as I do.
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Montserrat Bouvier
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Alka Joshi:
Hi Alka! Was so looking forward to your third book of the trilogy and it did not disappoint at all! Read it in less than 24 hours, just couldn't put it down. The recipes at the end where a great surprise bonus. I also just wanted to bring to your attention two small errors in the french used? "à ton santé aussi" should be "à ta santé aussi" and "c'est la comble" should be "c'est le comble" Thank you!
Alice Mack
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Alka Joshi:
Why didn't you include a sketch about what Henna art is? I didn't know what it was until I looked it up on line. You said at the South County library in Estero, Florida that you were an Empath. That actually means you are a highly sensitive person and there is a book by that name. I'm also highly sensitive. Basically we are born that way. You speech presentation was very good. Thanks for coming. I got your book.
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