Against an evocatively-rendered backdrop of Burma in the 1930s, a woman sets out to find the truth about her sister's disappearance and possible death, as well as contending with complicated feelings for easy-going American journalist Oliver Against an evocatively-rendered backdrop of Burma in the 1930s, a woman sets out to find the truth about her sister's disappearance and possible death, as well as contending with complicated feelings for easy-going American journalist Oliver.