Picture Imperfect
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publishing:26th Feb '26
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 26th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in other editions too:
- Hardback£22.00(9780857507631)
- Hardback - Signed Indie Exclusive Edition£22.00(9780857507631-SIE)

Return to the world of Dolphin Westward in this much-anticipated, adult sequel to fan favourite children's novel, The Illustrated Mum!
Dolphin Westward spent her childhood as the supporting character in the story of her beautiful, wild, volatile mum Marigold. Now thirty-three, she’s painfully aware that not much has changed. She lives in a tiny bedsit, works in a tattoo shop by day and collects her very ill mother from police stations by night.
Dol yearns to climb out of the rut she is stuck in, but has no idea where to begin. Could gardener Lee and his daughter Ava be her chance for a wholesome family life? Or maybe a steamy romance with roguish actor Joel is just what she needs. And what about the offer from her sister Star, now a successful doctor, to move to Scotland and live with her young family?
As the choices threaten to overwhelm her, will Dol fall into the role of extra in someone else’s story once again – or find the strength to forge a brand new path of her own?
Adult readers LOVE Jacqueline Wilson:
'Jacqueline Wilson, you are such a master of your craft' 5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Had me gripped from the first page' 5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Such a big hit of nostalgia!' 5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Praise for Jacqueline Wilson * : *
A read-in-a-day comfort book. * Independent *
Nuanced and refreshing...beautifully told. * Guardian *
This story offers grown-ups what Wilson has long offered teenagers: comfort, sanity and delight in the ordinary. * Daily Mail *
Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere. * Dawn O'Porter *
Wilson knocks it out of the park once again...a moving story that is as fun to read as it is meaningful. * Alice Winn *
She is a national treasure. * i News *
Realistic, sharp eyed...I loved it and didn’t want it to end. * Katie Fforde *
‘Jacqueline Wilson is a national treasure! Picture Imperfect is at once beautiful, sad and uplifting.’ -- Alice Winn
ISBN: 9781804997000
Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 15mm
Weight: 200g
272 pages