George Beasley is widowed, his friend Eddie is divorced, and they’re both pushing eighty. Together they attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives by trying to open an Airbnb in George’s basement. In this story of aging, grief and loss that’s laced with laughter, George Beasley’s Better Angel celebrates the help we get from our friends, and the help that lies within, when we can listen for it.

Irreconcilable after his wife’s death, George Beasley finds new life through a hilarious, quirky collection of friends and neighbors. Jean Davies Okimoto is Vashon Island’s new Betty MacDonald.

Bruce Haulman, author of Vashon-Maury Island.