SUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE Bob Brown grew up in a middle-class, mid-western family. He mowed lawns, delivered papers, went to Sunday school and otherwise enjoyed an uneventful, happy childhood. Adolescence was even better: girlfriends, vice-president of his senior class, decent grades and the family car for date nights. Next would come college, a wife, 2.4 children and a thatched roofed cottage. However, seven seconds of a WWII documentary film showing the execution of an American airman destroyed his idyllic youth. The other kids wondered if the movie would be on the test. Bob wondered: Where was God? Why is life unfair? Who has the answers? How will I recognize the right answers? Simply Bob: Searching for the Essence is the story of his forty-year effort to find the one, true, last-forever meaning of life for everyone. Now in his early seventies, Bob describes his discovery. His memoir shares lessons from some of the great thinkers, including Michel de Montaigne and Viktor Frankl in an easy to read, thoughtful and engaging way. Readers will learn the one idea that can create meaning for everyone. "SimplyBob: Searching for the Essence" is a compelling read from beginning to end and very highly recommended for community library Contemporary American Biography/Memoir collections. For personal reading lists it should be noted that "Simply Bob" is also available in a Kindle edition ($5.95). Midwest Book Review Robert Brown is the author of several works of nonfiction, including  The HST Model for Change ,  The People Side of Lean Thinking  and  Simply Bob: Searching for the Essence . Fiction works include  Mayhem at the Open  and  My First Ten Days in Heaven . He is the son of immigrants from Glasgow, Scotland and followed his father's wishes by attending the University of Michigan, later receiving a PhD in psychology from the United States International University. He lives with his wife and various animals, wild and domestic near Seattle, Washington.