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Book Festival: Alka Joshi

When: January 6, 2026 7:30 PM
Where: Alper JCC Miami
11155 SW 112th Ave Miami, Fl 33176
FL
Organizer: Stefani Barrow Travieso
Contact: Ann Horenstein at [email protected] (305) 271-9000 X 253
Cost: Members $10 | Guests $15
Summary: Six Days in Bombay
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2026-01-06 19:30:00 2026-01-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Book Festival: Alka Joshi Six Days in Bombay (http://jewishmiami.org/events/book_festival_alka_joshi) Alper JCC Miami Stefani Barrow Travieso [email protected]

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In 1937 Bombay, renowned Jewish-Indian painter Mira Novak bonds with her Indian-British nurse Sona Falstaff when they meet while Mira is recovering from a miscarriage in the hospital. Within six days, however Mira dies unexpectedly and under mysterious circumstances. The painter leaves three paintings and a cryptic note for Sona, instructing the nurse to deliver them to Mira's former lovers in Prague, Florence, and Paris - where active resistance movements against Nazis and Fascists mirror India's independence movement against British rule. Sona's perilous quest evolves into a poignant journey of hard truths, lies of omission, and self-discovery - as well as the painful answer about how Mira Novak died.

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11155 SW 112th Ave Miami, Fl 33176

FL

Book Festival: Alka Joshi

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