false 127394 6 For the protagonist of <i>Elizabeth Berg's Until the Real Thing Comes Along</i>, 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 answer: 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? 1393767 1999 Until the Real Thing Comes Along total:950|5:148|4:333|3:346|2:98|1:25| 950 3331 1235 73 1 3 false false Mon Sep 24 18:17:40 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 19 08:28:58 -0700 2009

and I just farted.]]> 3 1 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 09:07:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 06:54:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 13:45:14 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:17:58 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:11:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:15:57 -0700 2009
I really enjoyed this sto...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:05:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:33:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 16:10:30 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 16:52:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 05:53:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 06:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Mar 22 16:12:56 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:57:45 -0700 2009
"At the end of each undemanding day, Patty goes home to an empty apartment and listens to her biological clock ticking as ominously as Captain Hook's crocodile...Patty wants a husband and a baby, and not necessarily in that order...But Patty has a proble...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:53:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:55:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:43:36 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:46:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 10:50:13 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 10:51:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Aug 05 08:45:51 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:48:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue May 05 17:41:02 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 17:44:11 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:02:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:06:19 -0700 2009 Cute, quick read.]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:35:09 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:38:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:08:04 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 23:32:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 16:49:40 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:50:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 15:15:14 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 19:03:33 -0800 2008
I laughed out loud about the blind dates and the missing chemistry.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 11:40:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 19:30:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 23:43:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 23:44:50 -0800 2009