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Mrs. Patel
Mrs. Joyce Harris is a white Englishwoman (Angrezi) in Samir’s social circle. When Mrs. Harris has an affair with an Indian man at the exclusive polo club, she is panicked to learn that she is pregnant, fearing that English society would shun a mixed-race child. Desperate to abort the baby, Mrs. Harris asks Lakshmi for some of her cotton bark sachets…but she lies about how far along she is in her pregnancy, making the procedure potentially deadly. Though Lakshmi is ultimately able to save Mrs. Harris, the scare makes Lakshmi realize the important of clear communication with patients.
Joyce Harris Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Joyce Harris or refer to Joyce Harris . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“The morphine shouldn’t interfere with what you gave her. But we'll need antibiotics to fight the infection.” Dr. Kumar's cautious eyes explored my hands, my face, my hair. I noticed threads of silver in his dark curls, a freckle above his upper lip. “Do you really think, Mrs. Shastri, that you can cure a woman's…problems…with herbs?”
“When a woman has no other options, yes.”
“This woman would have had options.”
“She didn't think so.”
“How was that possible? She's English. She has all the options in the world. A hospital for whites, for one.”
“And if the baby's father is Indian?”
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Joyce Harris Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Joyce Harris or refer to Joyce Harris . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
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“The morphine shouldn’t interfere with what you gave her. But we'll need antibiotics to fight the infection.” Dr. Kumar's cautious eyes explored my hands, my face, my hair. I noticed threads of silver in his dark curls, a freckle above his upper lip. “Do you really think, Mrs. Shastri, that you can cure a woman's…problems…with herbs?”
“When a woman has no other options, yes.”
“This woman would have had options.”
“She didn't think so.”
“How was that possible? She's English. She has all the options in the world. A hospital for whites, for one.”
“And if the baby's father is Indian?”
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