The highly-anticipated novel from the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club' and The Bonesetter's Daughter'.

Businesswoman, patron of the arts and socialite Bibi Chen has been killed in mysterious circumstances. Her death may or may not be liked to the disappearance of the eleven American tourists in southern Burma. They are following Buddha's Footprints' along the Burma Road, on an expedition dreamt by Bibi. But when her body is found just days before the departure date, they go without her. Robbed of their guide, it isn't long before the travellers stumble into difficulty with wary tribes and military junta...