Dreamt I Found You

From the critically acclaimed author of The Apology, a contemporary retelling of Korea´s Romeo & Juliet, in which the cousin of the star-crossed lovers helps them avoid a tragic fate. When Dahee Shin was nine years old, she made a promise to protect her favorite cousin, Channing, who has always been like a sister to her. Now, at thirty, Dahee has found herself in a Korean American community in a New England beach town, once more running to the rescue of her debt-ridden relative. Ever the idealist, Channing-who has spent her life haunted by the tragic story of Chunhyang and Mongryong, Korea´s parallel Romeo & Juliet-has fallen in love with Minjae Oh, all the while fending off the advances of powerful, manipulative Kent Cho, a local politician. As Channing and Minjae´s romance blossoms, and as Kent´s suspicion and obsession grow, Dahee begins to realize that it may be up to her to make sure her cousin and beloved escape Chunhyang and Mongryong´s doomed end. For fans of Hello Beautiful, Dreamt I Found You is a wondrous, tender retelling of Korea´s most classic love story, steeped in the travails of a rigid class system, the power of premonition, and shot through with Korean folklore and magic.