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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.)
The Bucolic Plague How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers An Unconventional Memoir - P.S.
Author: Josh Kilmer-Purcell
What happens when two New Yorkers (one an ex-drag queen) do the unthinkable: start over, have a herd of kids, and get a little dirty? — Find out in this riotous and moving true tale of goats, mud, and a centuries-old mansion in rustic upstate New York—the new memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of the New York Times bestseller I...  more ». A happy series of accidents and a doughnut-laden escape upstate take Josh and his partner, Brent, to the doorstep of the magnificent (and fabulously for sale) Beekman Mansion. One hour and one tour later, they have begun their transformation from uptight urbanites into the two-hundred-year-old-mansion-owning Beekman Boys.

Suddenly, Josh—a full-time New Yorker with a successful advertising career—and Brent are weekend farmers, surrounded by nature's bounty and an eclectic cast: roosters who double as a wedding cover band; Bubby, the bionic cat; and a herd of eighty-eight goats, courtesy of their new caretaker, Farmer John. And soon, a fledgling business, born of a gift of handmade goat-milk soap, blossoms into a brand, Beekman 1802.

The Bucolic Plague is tart and sweet, touching and laugh out loud funny, a story about approaching middle age, being in a long-term relationship, realizing the city no longer feeds you in the same way it used to, and finding new depths of love and commitment wherever you live.
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ISBN-13: 9780061997839
ISBN-10: 0061997838
Publication Date: 4/1/2011
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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 reviewed The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.) on + 5 more book reviews
A fun, quick read in the "I left the city for a life in the country and dear me, look what I've stepped in!" genre.
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One page into the Prologue and I was laughing so hard I was crying, by the time I got to Chapter One my neighbor had stopped by "to see if everything was all right..." because he could hear me practically screaming with laughter...embarrassing but true. Hilarious memoir. Quick, funny read.


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