Until the Real Thing Comes Along

by Elizabeth Berg

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679457224
• ISBN13: 9780679457220
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

a fun and easy read

I was appalled to read such wretched reviews of this book! Without having written a review before, I had to set the record straight and stand up for this book, which I thought to be quite enjoyable. The comment was made that this book was a little out of touch. How could a woman cling on so incessantly to her gay best friend??.... However, just because you've never experienced it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I think this book is a very relaxing read; it is funny, upfront, and has a flow that prevented me from putting it down.... but until then, take this book for what it's worth - an excellent escape from reality into a world that is crazy and adventurous, yet at the same time, simple and real. Berg's frankness as she delves into the everyday thoughts of women is great comic relief.

wonderful, as usual

Don't be put off by the negative reviews.I'm a big Elizabeth Berg fan and found this book to be just as wonderful as the rest. Her books touch me - I cry with a smile on my face. As usual, can't wait for the next book to come out.

Far From Disappointing

Some of these reviews remind me of those of Tom Wolfe's *A Man in Full*. Just as *Bonfire of the Vanities* was impossible to follow in such a way as to make everyone (including idiots) happy, Elizabeth Berg has become a victim of her own genius. Her novels are so beautiful and so accessible that when she shows the range of her talent and builds on her previous work (instead of simpy imitating it), the result is bound to confound lesser readers. Berg's novels compare favorably with the best written in the last twenty years by or for men or women, and this is one of her best.

Completely Wonderful

Somehow, even as an avid reader, I had never heard of Elizabeth Berg before I read this book. I settled down on my couch to read a few chapters with no particular expectation except to be pleasurably diverted on a warm summer evening. Several hours later I found that I had finished the entire book without effort or interruption. Whenever I discover a writer who has that kind of effect on me, I go into binge mode and read everything else I can find by her. Within the past 2 weeks I've also read The Pull of the Moon, Range of Motion, and Talk Before Sleep, all of them superb. Berg truly understands women and is a graceful, insightful writer, one of my new favorites. So get this book, make yourself comfortable, and immerse yourself into Elizabeth Berg's world. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop.

Thank you Elizabeth for another great book!

I haunt libraries and book stores for new arrivals and imagine my reaction when I spotted my favorite author's new book, just last night. Elizabeth Berg never disappoints me and I stopped what I was currently reading to start this fantastic book. Read it in one sitting, slowly, today, what a day. She is the only author guaranteed to make me cry. Always. I love this book, have read all of Ms. Berg's books and this is one of the best. The angelic touch at the end was beautiful. Glad I bought it, I can add it to my other Berg first additions that I share with friends who don't know what to read and don't have time to be disappointed. "Pull of the Moon" and "What We Keep" are my other Berg favorites. Unfortunately, now I have to wait for her next!