September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
You can’t always have what you want. My mother used to tell me that and – much as I hate to admit it – she was right. In fact, you very rarely get exactly what you want. Not when it matters. If you’re not prepared to settle for less than perfect, you may end up with nothing at all.
A friend of mine has a mother who has been trying to move house for 15 years, but won’t buy a house that doesn’t tick every single box. Unfortunately she sold her last house 15 years ago, and the money sitting in the bank (from which she has to pay out rent) has not increased in value as much as house prices have risen over that time. So in fact, it becomes harder and harder to find the perfect house because her ideal house is no longer ...