Will’s career in New York City politics has fizzled out. When a connected colleague and an ambitious restaurateur ask for his help founding a farm in a neglected part of Brooklyn, he sees an opportunity to reinvent himself like all the picklers, beekeepers, and kombucha brewers he's been reading about.
In the Weeds is a story of politicians and bureaucrats, hipsters and celebrity chefs, venture philanthropists and charter school teachers, gentrifying artists and neighborhood activists—all colliding in a hilariously human mess.
“Told with humility, humor, and heart, In the Weeds shows how, even when you plant a seed with the best intentions, there’s no telling how you’re going to grow.”
— VANESSA DAVIS, AUTHOR OF SPANIEL RAGE AND MAKE ME A WOMAN
“Dan Browne’s tale of well-meaning Brooklynism will ring true for anyone who has tried to get beneath the patina of Park Slope’s brownstones and actually engage the white folks inside them. A satirical yet sympathetic look back at a moment when bike lanes would change everything.”
— DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, AUTHOR OF TEAM HUMAN AND THROWING ROCKS AT THE GOOGLE BUS: HOW GROWTH BECAME THE ENEMY OF PROSPERITY
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Not so fast. Idiosyncratic and funny, deliciously satirical and bittersweet, Dan Browne’s tale of good intentions smacking into entrenched bureaucracy (and New York factionalization) is, above all, utterly original. Part contemporary vision quest, part redemption song, it happily slips every label and rolls on, taking the reader with it.”
— MARK SLOUKA, AUTHOR OF ALL THAT IS LEFT IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND BREWSTER
