A bit about me

I’m a writer, author, and community builder based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

I’m American, originally from the suburbs of Seattle, Washington, USA. In 2016 as I was finalizing my divorce, I got the opportunity to move internationally for work. Since then, I moved from the US to Switzerland to Japan, and back to Switzerland. All with my cat, Minnie. (She’s American, too).

I wrote a book about this time in my life. It’s a memoir about how I built the international jet-setting life that I always wanted after my marriage and the American dream I was told to want collapsed.

It’s filled with adventure, new friends picked up along the way and plenty of dating stories that will make you laugh and cringe a little bit.

It’s about life after divorce.

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Laura Howe

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Writing a memoir about how I built the international jet-setting life that I always wanted after my marriage collapsed. American based in Lausanne, Switzerland.