By Mick Peterson, Jessay Martin, Bill Lyons and Robert Reeves — Harper Wave, 2023
You may recognize them from their dancing videos on TikTok, but you don’t know them like this. Mick, Jessay, Bill and Robert—aka the “Old Gays”—have unique stories and upbringings, but together they went viral in Robert’s Cathedral City, CA, living room. The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life is a combination of biographical history and “how-to” life advice based on decades of experience, growing older as gay men in America. The book captures why the world has fallen in love with these men through heartfelt, provocative and laugh-out-loud funny narratives. They pull back the curtain to reveal thoughts about first loves and heartbreaks, managing health conditions, gay marriage and living through the AIDS epidemic. With personality on every page—and even more so in the audiobook, narrated by the authors themselves—readers are reminded that older adulthood can bring unexpected adventure and has the potential to be the best years yet.
