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  • Published: 3 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9780099451761
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $25.00

Until The Real Thing Comes Along



Her biological clock is in overdrive. But she's in love with a gay man.

Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr Right and start a family? But Patty is in love - with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's just one small problem: He is also gay. Against her better judgment, and pleas from family and friends, Patty refuses to give up on Ethan. Every man she dates ultimately leaves her aching for the gentle comfort and intimacy she shares with him. But even as she throws eligible bachelors to the wayside to spend yet another platonic night with Ethan, Patty longs more and more for the consolation of loving and being loved. In the meantime she must content herself with waiting - until the real thing comes along . . .

  • Published: 3 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9780099451761
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $25.00

About the author

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is the author of several highly praised works of fiction, which have been bestsellers in the United States. She lives in Chicago.

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Praise for Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Touching...a deft, sweet, and often comic novel.

Chicago Tribune

Entertaining...flawless dialogue...reading it is like eavesdropping on an intimate female chat

New York Daily News