Arabica In Us

TITLE: “ARABICA IN US”

A Cross-continental Story of Growth, Healing and Love by Sarah Jinhee

BOOK INTRODUCTION

After the passing of her mother, Aram leaves behind her job as a social worker, and the weight of her past in Seoul - to seek meaning in the unfamiliar streets of Beijing. There, she meets Siyu: a quiet, kind-hearted rickshaw driver with a past he rarely speaks of.

Their encounters are brief, their words few - but in each silent moment, something gentle begins to grow. As Aram finds solace in the new rhythm of her life and the challenges it brings, Siyu begins to reclaim a long-abandoned part of himself through a cross-continental journey.

Set in a city steeped in history, culture, and quiet beauty, this novel is a soft, luminous tale of grief, healing, and a love that arrives not with thunder, but in stillness.

For readers who believe that even the most delicate connection can change a life - and that sometimes, the most meaningful journeys begin with loss.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

This story was born after a short trip to Beijing years ago. Something about the city’s stillness, its layers of past and present stayed with me.
It grew into a screenplay, which went on to win a Project Development Grant from Berlinale Talents Tokyo and Tokyo FILMeX in 2015. It was also selected as a Korea-China co-production project by the Korean Film Council and presented at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Market in 2016.

Now, it has found new life as my first romance novel.
I wrote this for those who are learning what it means to love, to lose, and to grow again.

May this quiet journey find you, wherever you are.
Happy reading.