NPL Evening Book Group reads and discusses The Henna Artist.  Storyline: Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way along from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist and confidante most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own.