Alison Hopkins isn"t just looking for Mr. Right . . . or even Mr. Big. She"s holding out for the Big Love. When 32-year-old Alison"s first real boyfriend unceremoniously dumps her - he steps out to buy mustard for a dinner party and never returns - it"s time for Alison to reassess her lifelong search for romantic fulfillment. Does true love even exist? Is every romantic involvement with a coworker inevitably doomed? Does sex without commitment always lead to disaster? Is a girl"s evangelical Christian upbringing an impediment to her finding true happiness? Funnier than any "chick-lit," as poised and accomplished as any literary debut this year, The Big Love is a big-hearted, hilariously entertaining novel that readers all across America are falling for.