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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679457224
ISBN-139780679457220
eBay Product ID (ePID)353993
Product Key Features
Book TitleUntil the Real Thing Comes Along
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicRomance / Contemporary, General
GenreFiction
AuthorElizabeth Berg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.9 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-025206
Reviews"Berg's writing is to literature what Chopin's études are to music--measured, delicate and impossible to walk away from until their completion." --Entertainment Weekly, about Range of Motion Praise for Durable Goods " A little gem of a book." --Richard Bausch Praise for Talk Before Sleep " Elizabeth Berg is one of those rare souls who can play with truths as if swinging across the void from one trapeze to another." --Joan Gould Praise for Range of Motion " Berg's brilliant insights about the human condition, plus her capacity for turning the ordinary into richly detailed prose, make this book the love story of the year." --Detroit Free Press Praise for The Pull of the Moon " It is wise and witty, thoughtful and exhilarating. It leaves the reader observing life with great hope and satisfaction." --Jill McCorkle Praise for What We Keep " Berg knows the hearts of her characters intimately, showing them with compassion, humor and an illuminating generosity." --The Seattle Times
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisWhat do you do when your life isn't living up to your dreams? When the man you love is unavailable, and yet you long for a family, a home? What is the cost of compromising until the real thing comes along? Reading Elizabeth Berg is like having a friend sit down and talk with you about the deepest truths and most perplexing issues in life, and in this exquisite new novel the bestselling author of Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon once again gives us superb fiction about a passionate woman who solves life's problems in a way that is far from traditional, but close to the wise dictums of the heart. Patty Ann Murphy says she's "Ms. Runner-Up" in life. Rarely the bridesmaid, never mind the bride, Patty sells houses for a living (well, she's sold one house so far), longs to be married and have a family, but is irresistibly drawn to the wrong man. Ethan seems perfect for Patty--handsome, generous, and sensitive--but he's hopelessly unavailable. Patty's frustration leads her to feelings she doesn't admire--jealousy of her beautiful best friend, Elaine, for instance, about whom she says, "Find me one woman who doesn't withhold just a bit from another woman who looks like that." She's also worried about her mother, with whom she's very close but who is beginning to act strangely. Patty longs more and more for the consolation of loving and being loved, but for the moment feels she must content herself with waiting--until she can wait no more. Andre Dubus said about Elizabeth Berg's Durable Goods, "Elizabeth Berg writes with humor and a big heart about resilience, loneliness, love and hope. And the transcendence that redeems." And the same will be said about Until the Real Thing Comes Along.
LC Classification NumberPS3552.E6996U58
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