Six Days in Bombay

SKU: 9780778387756
Six Days in Bombay

Six Days in Bombay

SKU: 9780778387756
Author: Alka Joshi
C-Format·Ages 18+·Historical Fiction
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At a glance

✨ Mood
Lush, immersive, mysterious
⏳ Pace
Steady, intrigue-driven
🌿 Atmosphere
1930s Bombay, vibrant, exotic
💭 Themes
Secrets, identity, love, independence
🧠 Depth
Rich, character-driven
💬 Hook
A brief stay in Bombay sets off a journey filled with secrets, danger, and self-discovery.
👥 Perfect For
Fans of The Henna Artist, sweeping historical fiction
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who enjoy richly detailed historical settings with mystery, romance, and strong female leads

About Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi

When renowned painter Mira Novak arrives at Wadia hospital in Bombay after a miscarriage, she's expected to make a quick recovery, 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 travels and exploits and is shocked by accounts of the many lovers the painter has left scattered throughout Europe. When Mira dies quite suddenly and mysteriously, Sona falls under suspicion, and her quiet life is upended.

The key to proving Sona's innocence may lie in a cryptic note and four paintings Mira left in her care, sending the young woman 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 far more complicated, troubled soul.

In her first stand-alone novel since her bestselling debut, The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi uses the life of painter Amrita Sher-Gil, the "Frida Kahlo of India," as inspiration for the story's beginning to explore how far we'll travel to determine where we truly belong.

Book details

Format
C-Format
Reading age
18+
Pages
416
Publisher
MIRA
Published
15 April 2025
Language
English
ISBN
9780778387756

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