Once Upon a Time, There Was You: A Novel - Softcover

Praise for Elizabeth Berg

"[Berg] has a knack for taking you right into the soul of her characters, as they respond to joy and tragedy in a perfectly imperfect way."--Chicago Sun-Times, about The Last Time I Saw You

"Truth rings clearly from every page. Berg captures the way women think--and especially the way they talk to other women--as well as any writer I can think of."--The Charlottesville Observer, about Talk Before Sleep

"Lyrical from start to finish . . . Shaped by Berg's artistic talents, these stories of ordinary people in ordinary situations are anything but ordinary."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram, about Ordinary Life

"Berg writes with humor and understanding about matters of the heart."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch, about Until the Real Thing Comes Along

"An enchanting and empathic storyteller, Berg delights in the eccentricities that shape complex personalities and excels in decoding the chemistry and paradoxes of relationships. She is also an avid appreciator of the pleasures of food, funny and assuring on the subject of age, and an advocate for kindness. All these elements are at work in her latest comedy of marriage. . . . All is droll and intriguing until Berg swerves, briefly, into the realm of terror, thus dramatically deepening questions about fear, love, family, and what one makes of one's life. Berg's tender and wise novels are oases in a harsh world."--Booklist

"This addictive read shows anew what a wonderful writing talent Berg is: strong characters illuminate a tender story about what makes a marriage work (or not), and how a family binds itself together despite things that pull it apart."--Library Journal

Sharing nothing in common except their 16-year-old daughter, divorced parents John and Irene reconnect in the wake of a devastating tragedy and discover things about each other that they had not revealed during their marriage. (general fiction). By the award-winning author of Talk Before Sleep. Simultaneous.