Embracing the colorful and corrupt world of colonial Asia in the early 1900s, The Map of Lost Memories takes readers into a forgotten era where nothing is as it seems. But her quest to make the greatest archaeological discovery of the century soon becomes a quest for her family’s secrets. Seeking to restore her reputation, she sets off from Seattle in search of a temple believed to house the lost history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilization. In 1925 the international treasure-hunting scene is a man’s world, and no one understands this better than Irene Blum, who is passed over for a coveted museum curatorship because she is a woman. has qualities any reader would wish for: adventure, romance, history and a vividly described exotic setting.”- The Washington Post Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel by an American Author
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