Two Women Living Together

The Bestselling Korean Memoir

The big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations with their decision to grow old together under one roof.

When most of their peers were moving in with romantic partners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose independence—savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of living alone. But in their forties, something shifted, and they were met with a new, unexpected loneliness. Refusing to settle for the outdated choice between marriage or isolation, Hana and Sunwoo made a radical decision: to buy a home and live together—not as lovers, not as roommates, but as chosen family.

Now a bustling household of two women and four cats, Hana and Sunwoo still value solitude, but can do so while sharing a life and its meaning with someone else. Together they navigate the challenges and comforts of cohabiting in midlife, the growing pains of interdependence and the unexpected rewards of compromise when you’ve grown set in your ways. From sick days to career wins to aging parents and beach-side retirement plans, they are redefining domestic bliss on their own terms, where love, partnership, and home are defined not by tradition, but by choice.

With warmth, wit, and sharp social insight, Hana and Sunwoo share their blueprint for building a life outside the scripts of marriage and society’s expectations for women. Two Women Living Together is a quiet revolution—a celebration of female friendship, community, and the many forms that love and family can take.

Witty, relatable but unbelievable at many places.

This book feels like listening to two witty women in their 40s talk about life.
Even with similar tastes, it shows how different people can be when living together.
It’s light, easy & engaging to listen with small insights on home loans, minimalism, hoarding, and modern life in your 40s.

But one thing kept pulling me out … it feels massively unbelievable. These two women are working full-time, paying a home loan, and still somehow managing swimming, ping pong, football, gym, cycling, book talks, learning instruments, forming a band, performing, running podcasts, posting on Twitter, writing books, and giving interviews.

At some point, it stops feeling inspiring and starts feeling… humanly impossible.