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The map of lost memories a novel

It's 1925 and the treasure-hunting scene is a man's world. Irene Blum is passed over for the curator position at a Seattle museum but is not willing to accept defeat. Irene comes into possession of a map believed to lead to a set of copper scrolls the tell the lost history of Cambodia's ancient Khme...

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Main Author: Fay, Kim
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Antiquities > Fiction.
Cambodia > Fiction.
Adventure fiction > Cambodia.
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Summary:It's 1925 and the treasure-hunting scene is a man's world. Irene Blum is passed over for the curator position at a Seattle museum but is not willing to accept defeat. Irene comes into possession of a map believed to lead to a set of copper scrolls the tell the lost history of Cambodia's ancient Khmer civilization. Irene travels from Seattle to Shanghai to the Cambodian jungles in search of the lost scrolls and encounters several other adventurers along the way.
Physical Description:viii, 326 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780345531346 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0345531345 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780345531353 (ebook)
0345531353 (ebook)
Author Notes:Born in Seattle and raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, Kim Fay lived in Vietnam for four years and still travels to Southeast Asia frequently. A former bookseller, she is the author of Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam, winner of the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards' Best Asian Cuisine Book in the United States. She is also the creator/editor of a series of guidebooks on Southeast Asia. Fay now lives in Los Angeles. This is her first novel.

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