Publisher's Synopsis
death of his stepmother, lam fan the memory of whom sails with him up the coast through the islands on his boat. . Also on the boat are the papers that she left to him on her death, and as they journey, so they also travel through the past, gradually revealing the secrets of robert lam's family history and parentage. Just as the character of the lam fan is very real, so the coastline of british columbia becomes an extra character in this compelling novel, at the heart of which is an
