num_pages: 224
description: A beautiful model, recovering from illness, offers her lover the gift of truth. A television actress, imprisoned in the character she plays, is handed back her personal identity. A career woman, wondering whether she has made the right choices, is given reassurance. A single parent learns that sometimes it is kinder to receive than to give. And before a surgeon changes into his Santa Claus costume on Christmas Day, he gives two small boys the greatest gift of their mother's life. Not everyone receives exactly what was hoped for, and many of the stories in Anne Melville's new collection contain a hint of tragedy. But sometimes the most unexpected offering can bring a smile -- or even change a life, as the recipient discovers with surprise that it was after all 'just what I wanted'.
language: English
title: Just What I Wanted
titlecomplete: Just What I Wanted
publisher: Severn House