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‘Do you have a family?’: midlife with no kids, ageing parents – and no crisis

from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian

In my 40s, I found myself with a life that didn’t look like it was ‘supposed’ to. What was I doing? On trips to South Korea with my mother, an answer began to emerge By E Tammy Kim. Read by Jennifer J Kim. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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