- Overview
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Celebrating the birth of a new family composition other than being a single or married, the book is is an encouraging song for single householders from a duet! Celebrating the birth of a new family composition other than being a single or married, the book is is an encouraging song for single householders from a duet!
- Book Intro
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Korea is in an era of 5.4 million single households, and with this number rapidly increasing, more and more forms of residence, such as shared houses, are appearing in the residential landscape of Korea. A house is the largest of the three fundamental elements in human lives, but despite people's desire to have a great house, the reality is not easy. People compromise based on their bank accounts, and they live on trying their best to ignore, appear satisfied with or justify their decisions.
People say that they will be able to live in a better place in a few years, and if there is an opportunity to move to a better place or to one's favorite neighborhood, it is marriage. But what if one decides not to get married? Does this mean that he or she must live in a small houses forever?
There are people who present a new alternative that is different from a shared house. Kim Hana and Hwang Seonwoo are two women who lived a perfect single life, but they found themselves dissatisfied living in Korea where everything is standardized around a family of four. So they thought about it and came to the decision to live together, along with their four cats.
The path from single life to the moment they started living together, various episodes of sadness and joy they experienced afterwards, and the troubling issues and the resolution they found contain real, unembellished stories that apply to not only married couples but to households of all forms. The better life that is apparent even at a glimpse - let us take a look at that life with a friend that reminds us of a unicorn.
- About the Author
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Kim Hana
Kim Hana (F) was born in Haeundae, in Busan, and she has lived in various residences in Seoul. She started living with Hwang Seonwu 2 years ago, and experienced both calmness and wild storms she has never experienced before. She lives as a person who reads, writes, listens and speaks. She has written Relaxation Techniques, The Joke I Love, 15 Degrees, and Idea of You and Me. She also hosts the Yes24 podcast Chek-Ik-Out: Breakthrough with Kim Hana.
Hwang Seonwu
Hwang Seonwu (F) was born in Gwanganri, in Busan, and moved to Seoul at 18 years of age. She moved multiple times within Mapo district, Seoul, lived alone for a while and then started living with Kim Hana in a large house with four cats. She has produced magazines for 20 years and most of her career took place at a fashion magazine outlet. She currently works as a content creator and curator utilizing the skills she learned as an editor.