Book 99: "The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir" by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

    You may have seen their new cable show, "The Fabulous Beekman Boys", on Planet Green.  Now you can read the book!
     The Beekman Boys are a gay couple (Josh and his partner Brent) who move from the high octane life of Manhattan (he is an Ad. agency exec. and he is a Dr. who works for the Martha Stewart company) to become gentlemen goat farmers in a small, New York village.  The author's style for telling their story of going from the gay culture to agriculture is funny, engaging and honest.  As one reviewer wrote, "It's like sitting on the couch with an old friend and catching up."
     "The Bucolic Plague" chronicles one of our classic American dreams--you know, fix up the old farmhouse, start a local business and settle down to the Good Life.  And although this book is much, much more than an updated version of "Green Acres", while reading it, you may still find yourself humming,                  "Darling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue!"
                                          --recommended by "Books N Things",  Norway, Maine