Amanda Jaffe

2018 was kind of a big year for me….

It was the year I set aside my legal career after almost thirty years, the year the younger of our two sons left home, and the year my husband and I moved our empty nest from New Jersey to Singapore.

As a “trailing spouse” with no set agenda, a keen sense of curiosity, and an amazingly bad sense of direction, I finally seized the chance to put my thoughts into words. By the time we returned (in 2020), I was a writer, publishing essays and culture/travel pieces in print and on line.

These days, I’m hard at work (not that it feels “hard” or even remotely like “work”) on Rooster on a Motorcycle (working title), an essay collection about my journey from attorney to author, empty nester to expat. I’ve also launched Age of Enlightenment, a Substack publication devoted to humorous essays.

I’m writing my way to a fresh perspective, with humor as my compass.