Two Women Living Together

Two Women Living Together by Hana Kim and Sunwoo Hwang is a warm and witty Korean bestseller that redefines family life.

At some point between living alone and becoming single, Hwang Sunwoo and Kim Hana found each other and decided to live together in a nice apartment where their four cats would finally have the freedom to run around. Together, they became a family—and redefined it.

In an era where housing costs have skyrocketed while birth rates have plummeted, these two independent Korean women in their late forties share their views on society and its expectations. Intending neither to marry nor to live alone, they reflect on the comfort of their cohabiting friendship as it blossoms into a life full of joy and meaning.

From housing insecurity and access to health care to solo dining and stigmatised cat ladies, the loaded, self-sacrificing demands of filial piety and obligations to in-laws, Two Women Living Together impugns social scripts by spelling them out plainly. But also, and especially, by showing what it's like to choose differently.

Quietly radical, full of warmth and wit, Two Women Living Together celebrates carving out your own path, cats, female friendship, and a different kind of family.