Dreamt I Found You
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When Dahee Shin was nine years old, she made a promise to protect her favorite cousin, Channing, who has always...
Published By Little, Brown and Company
Format Hardback
Number Of Pages 320
Publication Date 04/28/2026
ISBN 9780316582797
Dimensions 6.3 inches x 9.55 inches
"A visit to a Korean American community within a New England beach town spirals into community scandal and romance . . . Themes of imprisonment, surveillance, social standing, and community swirl throughout, as well as questions around what it means to be loyal to families both biological and chosen. This is a story within a story, and the metanarrative allows Han to explore expectations of storytelling across different cultural contexts. The novel asks, what does “happily-ever-after” look like? What makes a story Korean versus American, and what, if anything, is lost in translation? A charmingly told modern-day fairy tale."
—Kirkus Reviews“Jimin Han has done it again, creating characters so real that I found myself aching for their happiness and rooting for them at every turn. Dreamt I Found You is a beautifully written modern-day fairytale that interrogates rigid social hierarchies while illuminating the fierce, sustaining power of family connections. A perfect novel to read and discuss with friends and loved ones.” —Angie Kim, author of Happiness Falls
“With wisdom, tenderness, and grace, Jimin Han captures the riveting travails of a pair of young lovers, attempting to free themselves from the rigid confines of their close-knit community. Dreamt I Found You charms and enthralls, all while raising vital questions about kinship, loyalty, and belonging.”—Kirstin Chen, author of Counterfeit
“An utterly captivating retelling of Korea’s most renowned love story, Jimin Han has refreshed the narrative for our modern times. Dreamt I Found You deftly navigates the pursuit of love and truth against the backdrop of 21st century surveillance, racism, and the powers of social media. With the pacing of a mystery and the pull of a star-crossed romance, this novel and its characters gripped me to the very end.”—Crystal Hana Kim, author of The Stone Home
“I love Jimin Han’s writing about the Korean diaspora—I will read anything she writes!”—Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of The Evening Hero
"[An] inspired outing from Han...It’s an engrossing story of the power of family and true love."—Publishers Weekly
"Mirroring a famous Korean love story, Jimin Han’s immersive, winning story grapples with community loyalty, courage, and devotion."—Christian Science Monitor