Looking Back - Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Looking Back... In an effort to transfer my book journal entries over to this blog, I'm going to attempt to post (in chronological order) an entry every Friday. I may or may not add extra commentary to what I jotted down in these journals.

Until the Real Thing Comes Along by Elizabeth Berg
Fiction
1999 Random House
Read in July 1999
Rating: 4/5 (Very Good)

Publisher's Blurb:

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. . . .

My Original Thoughts (1999):

Another gem by Berg! I read it in two evenings, which is rare for me these days. Simplistic and predictable, but still enjoyable. A "fluff" beach read. I'll be anxiously awaiting her next book. 

My Current Thoughts:

I no longer have a copy of this one, which is fine since it doesn't really appeal to me for a re-read at this point in my life.