Dreamt I Found You, Jimin Han
Dreamt I Found You, Jimin Han
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Dreamt I Found You
A Novel

Author: Jimin Han

Narrator: Kathleen Kim

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2026

Synopsis

From the critically acclaimed author of The Apology comes a contemporary retelling of Korea’s Romeo & Juliet, as 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.

About Jimin Han

Jimin Han received her MFA at Sarah Lawrence College and her BA from Cornell University. Her work appears in NPR’s Weekend America, Entropy, the Rumpus, HTMLGiant, The Good Men Project, Kartika Review, The NuyorAsian Anthology, and KoreanAmericanStory.org, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute and lives outside New York City with her husband and children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on April 20, 2026

Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han, Dahee and her cousin who she shared her birthday with Channing, would love to hear their grandfather who they calledBarabeoji, tell the story of Chunhyung and Mongryung. unlike the fairytales of Western countries this was a story told and song, Channing couldn’t get......more

Goodreads review by carol on May 17, 2026

The plot is pretty much your worst nightmare: being stalked by a man who also happens to be a person in power and has connections to put you in jail based on a lie. Here's the thing: I went into this novel thinking it's a romance more or less based on Romeo and Juliet, but little did I expect to feel......more

Goodreads review by Arielle on April 15, 2026

This is a compact, well-paced, readable story about the power of familial and romantic love, with a coastal New England backdrop and rich infusions of Korean culture. -- The premise: The book begins with a prologue: Our protagonist is a nine-year-old girl, and her beloved grandfather, called Harabeoji,......more

Goodreads review by Rem on April 05, 2026

Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han is a modern retelling of The Story of Chunhyang, set in the fictional New England town of East End and centered on a tight-knit Korean American community. Han weaves together themes of racial identity, sisterhood, and romance within a mystery-thriller framework. Howev......more

Goodreads review by Nessa on May 17, 2026

Very much enjoyed this book and story. The pacing was great and the characters were all very approachable. It read like a thriller at times with the intense obsession of Kent with Channing, one of our main FMC’s. And the people around her protecting her from his advances. We have Dahee Shin, her cou......more

Quotes

“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, New York Times bestselling 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

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