# The Real Thing

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- Book: [The Real Thing](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-mccarthy/the-real-thing) ([The Real Thing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-mccarthy/the-real-thing.md))
- Authors: [Ellen McCarthy](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-mccarthy)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4554-970-9
- Published: 2015-04-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

From a Washington Post weddings reporter who’s covered more than two hundred walks down the aisle comes a warm, witty, and wise book about relationships—the mystery, the science, and the secrets...