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HarperCollins
June 2010
On Sale: June 1, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 006133698X
EAN: 9780061336980
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 Am Not Myself These Days. 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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