In the summer of 1982, a teenage girl named Veronica began having recurring dreams of a strange man. A man she doesn't know in her waking life, but she feels as if they’ve always known one another. A deep friendship is kindled, blossoming into a long-term love affair in her sleeping world. Several months after the dreams started, seeing his face on a record sleeve stuns her. Alan Runner is the lead singer of a famous British pop band that had become a worldwide sensation, and the chances of getting to meet him outside the dream world were nearly impossible. Accompanying the dreams are coincidences and lots of deja vu, and his lyrics indicate that he is also dreaming of her. But not all dreams become happily ever after. Life isn’t a fairytale, and this is a story about soulmates trying to find one another despite impossible odds and the cruel universe that continues to keep them apart.

It is a tale spanning decades and includes passages from Veronica’s dream journal, some of her poems, Alan’s lyrics, and plenty of REM intimacy with a man she always hoped would save her during her darkest times.