A Dog's Dream of Swimming

“Then come work for me. No questions asked.”

During a summer filled with the deafening buzz of cicadas, Yeo-eun’s ordinary life is turned completely upside down.

Her mother, who had done nothing but leave her drowning in debt, suddenly disappears—leaving behind Yeo-eun’s seven-year-old younger sibling. Then comes news of her mother’s car accident… along with a mysterious man named Seung-do.

The more Yeo-eun becomes entangled with this cold, enigmatic man, the deeper she falls into a dangerous yet irresistibly sweet trap...

In the end, she takes Seung-do’s hand—and begins crossing lines she was never meant to cross.