The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
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What happens when two New Yorkers (one an ex–drag queen) do the unthinkable: start over, have a herd of kids, and get a small dirty?
Find out in this riotous and moving right tale of goats, mud, and a centuries-ancient mansion in rustic upstate New York—the new memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, leader of the New York Times bestseller I Am Not Myself These Days. A pleased 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-ancient-mansion-owning Beekman Boys.
Suddenly, Josh—a full-time New Yorker with a successful publicity career—and Brent are weekend farmers, surrounded by scenery’s gift and an eclectic cast: roosters who double as a wedding take in 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 amusing, a tale 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 like and commitment wherever you live.
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I loved every word & every line. The honesty is so refreshing,
leaving you wanting more and more. The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Josh,
You did a fantastic job with this book. You left it open for a sequel. I couldn’t place the book down. I would recommend it for anyone wanting a peek into country life.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Oh, my! Sometimes it’s amusing and sometimes it’s sad, but permanently this book is SO VERY GOOD! I ongoing reading it while I was in the middle of adjusting to planting about 10,000 square feet of plowed meadow in the rural Georgia countryside after only having done about one percent of that amount before as a wannabe country girl. When I was falling down from raking up 100-foot-long raised rows, I’d finally come in to read about how Josh and Brent managed their transition from celebrity doctor and publicity executive/ex- drag queen to “gentleman farmers.” (That’s a euphemism for effective their tails off on their farm on top of having two additional full-time jobs.) The fact that these men launched another business and also gourmet-COOKED what they grew is awe-inspiring.
In fleeting: I don’t know how they did it. But “like conquers all,” as the adage goes, and there are so many layers of like in this book.
I have only two complaints:
(1) The uncorrected proof copy I read did not clearly show which guy was which, so I customary imaginary relationships with the two of them, only to learn when I visited their web site ([...]) that the tall guy is Josh. (Now I’ll have to somehow erase the startling image of the real Dr. Brent in seven-inch heels and live-goldfish tits. “Don’t reflect of a white tiger”? It’s a hard image to undo.)
(2) I couldn’t judge it when I got to the end and there was nothing left to read. I felt like a Harry Potter fan who knows there will not be another book for at least a year.
I went to the Beekman 1802 web site, looking for more, smiling because I knew the “inside scoop” from having read the book. I confirmed with Josh that I had, indeed, gotten the two of them mixed up in my head. (Josh said, characteristically, “I’m the ancient one”!) I also learned that the docu-series, “The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” is premiering June 16 at 9 p.m. on PlanetGreen! I can hardly wait! There’s so much happening on the web site, too, that wasn’t alluded to in the book, so I’m hoping that means everyone, including the goats, are safe now.
I establish the drag queen and behind-the-scenes “Oprah and Martha” celebrity parts appealing, but they are not the reason to read this book. It is really about a dream: a dream come right, a dream in danger of apt a living nightmare, and an awakening from and to the dream. It is about sustainable living, sustainable loving, and the importance of sustaining relationships in the face of misfortune and stress. It’s a book about what really matters in this world. It’s about Wabi Sabi.
Especially poignant is the fact that the current “Fantastic Recession” impacted not only me and persons I am close to but the Beekman Boys and persons they are close to as well–even, to a degree, Martha. The final chapters are a reminder how precious community and relationships are when times are hard. I feel so close to, and so much a part of, life on the whole planet after having read this book.
The most touching of all to me was when Josh, thinking they are going to lose the Beekman after all that hard work and hope, said “I am sure that I loved my life here.” I wish everyone could feel that kind of certainty in these uncertain times.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Josh Kilmer Purcell is a gifted writer with the ability to have you laughing one minute, and in tears the next. I did not place the book down once I ongoing. I immediatly ongoing another of his books: I am not myself these days. A memoir. Again, I was unable to stop reading until I had finished. What a fantastic tale! Fortunately, I do not have his third book yet, and I can get a night of sleep this evening. The third book has been ordered, and I look forwards to reading about future adventures on the Beekman Farm in many new publications to come. I admire the success of The Fabulous Beekman Boys TV Show on Planet Green, and watch in marvel as they transform not only their farm, but an entire community. These two gay guys have become the life blood of a tiny community in a rural area, and have agreed it a future. It is probable that they will make a difference in the lives of hundreds of people in this tiny town by being a loving gay couple with a dream. I wish Josh and his partner, Brent all the best. They deserve fantastic success.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I tend to be a fiction reader so I don’t open life tale with the highest of hopes. This book, but, exceeded all expectations and was a right pleasure to read.
The tale follows two urban men as they learn and attempt to run a mansion in a tiny town that time has passed by. It doesn’t glamorize farm life or have any sort of “holier than thou” air. It shows both the challenges of rural life as well as the difficulties of urban life. Along the way, it shows how life can affect relationships and how we press on through.
The prose is wonderful. It captured me and pulled me through. I rarely feel like I can’t place a book down but I wanted to devour this one whole. Absolutely recommend both for laughs and for lessons in right meaning and life goals.
(This review based on a copy provided to me by HarperCollins).a
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5