Arirang:  The Bamboo Connection

Dedication: 

To love . . .

     I want to thank my family and friends for their unconditional love.  Their generosity and rich life experiences add depth to the fabric of my life and give me the courage to put pen in hand and craft Melani's story.  In particular, I want to thank Judith Lynn Schuitema for reading my manuscript and making critical suggestions.  She, alone, knows the secrets that the reader may discover.  Thank you, Judy.

                                                                                                       - D. K. Christi -

Prologue

Part I        South Korea

                 Chapter 1              Tennis

                 Chapter 2              Across a Crowded Room

                 Chapter 3              Losses

                 Chapter 4              Saturday

                 Chapter 5              Dance With Me

                 Chapter 6              Down Under

                 Chapter 7              Hong Kong

                 Chapter 8              Letters

                 Chapter 9              The Middle East

                 Chapter 10            Spring

                 Chapter 11            The Philippines

                 Chapter 12            Good-bye, Korea

                 Chapter 13            Home at Last

Part II     The Beginning

                 Chapter 14            Alone

                 Chapter 15            Strange Days

                 Chapter 16            Who Am I

                 Chapter 17            Stepping Out

                 Chapter 18            College

                 Chapter 19            Gidget

                 Chapter 20            Moving Up

                 Chapter 21            Failure

                 Chapter 22            Washington, D. C.

                 Chapter 23            College II

                 Chapter 24             Washington

Part III    The World

                 Chapter 25             Butzbach, West Germany

                 Chapter 26            The British Isles

                 Chapter 27            Europe

                 Chapter 28            Christmas

Part IV    California

                 Chapter 29            Social Climbing

                 Chapter 30            Northern California

Part V     Return to Europe

                 Chapter 31            Wiesbaden, Germany

                 Chapter 32            Christmas in July

Part VI    Starting Over

                 Chapter 33            Divorce

Part VII   Blue Water

                 Chapter 34            A Wall of Water

                 Chapter 35            The Rescue

                 Chapter 36            A Lost Dinghy

Part VIII Fire and Ice

                 Chapter 37            The Lies

                 Chapter 38            The Sale

Part IX    Starting Over Again

                 Chapter 39            Freedom

                 Chapter 40            Dance Away Lover

Part X     The Agony and the Ecstasy

                Chapter 41            Travel Posters

                Chapter 42            Berry Islands

                 Chapter 43           Nassau

                 Chapter 44           The Exumas

                 Chapter 45            Georgetown

                 Chapter 46            One Crew

                 Chapter 47            Primary School

                 Chapter 48            Errant Wave

                 Chapter 49            Independence Day

                 Chapter 50            Good-Bye, Georgetown

                 Chapter 51            The Dominican Republic

                 Chapter 52            Samana

                 Chapter 53            Puerto Rico

Part XI    The End

                 Chapter 54            Hugo

Part XII  Reality  

                 Chapter 55            The Atlantic

                 Chapter 56            Return to San Francisco

Part XIII Nine Lives

                 Chapter 57            The Class Reunion

                 Chapter 58            Northern Florida

                 Chapter 59            Miami Rhapsody

                 Chapter 60            Key West

                 Chapter 61            The Winter of Unemployment

Part XIV South Florida

                 Chapter 62            The Rug

Part XV  The Ship

                 Chapter 63            The Script

Epilogue