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When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter—as well as a gift of saffron—to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. Imogen lives on Camano Island outside Seattle, writing a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazine, and while she can hunt elk and dig for clams, she’s never tasted fresh garlic--exotic fare in the Northwest of the sixties.

In 1925, the international treasure-hunting scene is a man’s world, and no woman knows this better than Irene Blum, who is passed over for the coveted curator position at Seattle’s renowned Brooke Museum. But she is not ready to accept defeat. Skilled at acquiring priceless, often illicitly trafficked artifacts, Irene is given a rare map believed to lead to a set of copper scrolls that chronicle the lost history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilization. Such a find would not only restore her reputation, it would be the greatest archaeological discovery of the century.

When 27-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter - as well as a gift of saffron - to 59-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. Imogen lives on Camano Island outside Seattle, writing a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazine, and while she can hunt elk and dig for clams, she's never tasted fresh garlic - exotic fare in the Northwest US of the 1960s.

Irene Blum, 29 år og ekspert i khmerernes historie, forlader i vrede sit job på Brooke Museum i Seattle, da hun bliver forbigået ved ansættelse af museets nye direktør til fordel for en mandlig kollega. Hun rejser til Shanghai for at opsøge Simone Merlin, der ligeledes er ekspert i Cambodjas historie og kultur; sammen skal de finde nogle sagnomspundne skriftruller med historiske optegnelser om khmerriget, og dette fund skal bringe Irene tilbage "i kampen" for anseelse i museumsverden og hævn over Brooke Museum. Det er imidlertid ikke så let blot at drage ud i junglen og bringe et nationalklenodie med sig hjem.