Robert R. Bowie, Jr.

The Older You Get the Shorter Your Stories Should Be is a warm, witty collection of bite-sized stories, outsized characters, offbeat observations, and globe-trotting misadventures. Bob Bowie writes with clear-eyed honesty, compassion, and humor (often at his own expense). 

“Reflections on a well-lived and adventurous life… charming, funny, poignant and wise.”  — Drew Faust, President Emerita, Harvard University
 

“A riveting and rolicking collection of tales… With brutal candor and self-deprecating wit, Bowie unspools stories that both entertain and pack plenty of wisdom.”  — Ben Bradlee, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team

“Pearl after pearl — brief easily-accessible stories that reflect the unclouded eye of the author for all things honest, compassionate and revelatory. I laughed, cried, reflected, regretted and rejoiced.”  — Ty Cobb, Prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer and former White House Special Counsel