Posted on 05/24/2006 4:28:51 AM PDT by Puppage
TRENTON, N.J. -- Former Gov. James E. McGreevey and his new partner are still house hunting, and have broadened their search to include possible digs in New York City.
A spokesman for the couple said the nation's first openly gay governor and his investment adviser partner of several months plan to rent an apartment in Manhattan while looking for more permanent quarters in New York or New Jersey. They had been eyeing a house in Plainfield, a gay-friendly city in central New Jersey, but the deal recently fell through.
"They have sold the loft in the city and are going to rent an apartment in the city until they decide where they are going to live," said Jonathan Capehart, who handles publicity for McGreevey and his partner, Mark O'Donnell.
McGreevey, 48, stunned the nation by revealing himself as "a gay American" in August 2004. He announced his homosexuality and his intent to resign in the same nationally televised speech. His aides said McGreevey had been involved in an extramarital affair with a man on his staff.
The former governor has a wife from whom he is separated, a former wife, and a daughter with each.
After leaving office in November 2004, more than a year before his term was up, the former governor began work on a memoir with writer David France. The book, titled "The Confession," is due in stores Sept. 19.
In a 16-page excerpt released at a national book fair on Saturday, McGreevey reveals a personal hell as he struggled with his homosexuality. His conflicted past included anonymous trysts with men at highway rest stops and trips to strip clubs meant to bolster a false image as a womanizer, according to the excerpts.
Judith Regan, chief executive officer of publisher Regan Books, said the memoir is the most candid she has ever come across.
"This is a man who is able to talk about his personal and political triumphs and tragedies in a profound and insightful way," said Regan.
She said she believed writing the book was painful for McGreevey, a lifelong Catholic, but was also cathartic.
"He's more relaxed and comfortable living the life he was meant to live," she said.
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