{"product_id":"two-women-living-together-a-thoughtful-story-of-friendship-independence-and-redefining-family-in-midlife-hardcover","title":"Two Women Living Together: A Thoughtful Story of Friendship, Independence, and Redefining Family in Midlife (Hardcover )","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir\nco-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations\nwith their decision to grow old together under one roof.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen most of their peers were moving in with romantic\npartners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose\nindependence—savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of\nliving alone. But in their forties, something shifted, and they were met with a\nnew, unexpected loneliness. Refusing to settle for the outdated choice between\nmarriage or isolation, Hana and Sunwoo made a radical decision: to buy a home\nand live together—not as lovers, not as roommates, but as chosen family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow a bustling household of two women and four cats, Hana\nand Sunwoo still value solitude, but can do so while sharing a life and its\nmeaning with someone else. Together they navigate the challenges and comforts\nof cohabiting in midlife, the growing pains of interdependence and the\nunexpected rewards of compromise when you’ve grown set in your ways. From sick\ndays to career wins to aging parents and beach-side retirement plans, they are\nredefining domestic bliss on their own terms, where love, partnership, and home\nare defined not by tradition, but by choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith warmth, wit, and sharp social insight, Hana and Sunwoo\nshare their blueprint for building a life outside the scripts of marriage and\nsociety’s expectations for women. \u003ci\u003eTwo Women Living Together\u003c\/i\u003e is\na quiet revolution—a celebration of female friendship, community, and the many\nforms that love and family can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Hana\u003c\/b\u003e is originally from Busan and moved to\nSeoul at the age of nineteen. As the host of a podcast for South Korea's\nlargest online bookstore, she has shared a variety of books and authors with\nthe general public. Her own books include \u003ci\u003eGolden Bell Sound \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Talking\nabout Speaking\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-host of the \u003ci\u003eTwo Women Talking\nTogether\u003c\/i\u003e podcast with her co-author and cohabitant Hwang Sunwoo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Png\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator and\nillustrator based in Seoul. She was awarded the Grand Prize in Poetry at the\n53rd The Korea Times’ Translation Awards, and was the National Centre for\nWriting’s Korean Prose Mentee in 2023 where she was mentored by Anton Hur. Her\ntranslation of Cheon Seon-Ran’s \u003ci\u003eTHE SAVIOR AT NIGHT\u003c\/i\u003e was\npublished by Bloomsbury in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44877722583247,"sku":"9780063473362","price":34.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_37e15ea7-c5d5-4d0a-8676-4b0f903c3460.jpg?v=1772443085","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/two-women-living-together-a-thoughtful-story-of-friendship-independence-and-redefining-family-in-midlife-hardcover","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}