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  • Published: 3 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9780099451761
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99

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: $39.99

About the author

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including The Story of Arthur Truluv, Open House (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), Talk Before Sleep, and The Year of Pleasures, as well as the short story collection The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. She adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out performances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Berg’s work has been published in thirty-one countries, and three of her novels have been turned into television movies. She is the founder of Writing Matters, a quality reading series dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches one-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues around the country. Some of her most popular Facebook postings have been collected in Make Someone Happy, Still Happy, and Happy to be Here. She lives outside 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