description: For the protagonist of Elizabeth Berg's Until the Real Thing Comes Along , the biological clock is ticking all too loudly. Alas, there are no likely partners on the horizon for Patty Ann Murphy. The only man who doesn't inspire diversionary tactics is Patty's high-school sweetheart Ethan Gaines- but he happens to be gay. What's a woman of the '90s to do?The she persuades Ethan to impregnate her, and they agree to a marriage of true minds (if not bodies.) They won't, of course, actually marry, or even live together. But Patty signs on for a lifetime of child rearing with her sexually indifferent soul mate- and finds herself wading into a wealth of emotional complications. Will Ethan ever make love to her again? Will her parents accept her (essentially) single-mommy status?
language: English
title: Until the Real Thing Comes Along Reading Group Guide
titlecomplete: Until the Real Thing Comes Along Reading Group Guide
genres: Relationships, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Novels, Womens, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Womens Fiction
ratings_count: 5173
places: The United States of America
publisher: Random House Trade