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Picture Imperfect
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  • Published: 24 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804997000
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.99

Picture Imperfect

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Paperback
24 Nov 2026
Tr. Paperback
2 Sept 2025
Hardback
28 Sept 2025
EBook
28 Aug 2025
Audiobook
28 Aug 2025
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A story about family, identity, and the messy truth of finding yourself — from the legendary multi-million selling author who writes real life, honestly told.

She’s spent her life holding everything — and everyone — together. But she's done being perfect.

Now it's time to be herself.

Dol Westward has always been the dependable one — the steady hand, the peacekeeper, the fixer. Especially when it comes to her unpredictable mother, Marigold. But after years of putting everyone else first, she’s starting to wonder what’s left for her.

When life begins to fray around the edges, Dol realises she’s been chasing an idea of perfection that was never really hers. Old habits, old expectations — they’re hard to break. But maybe imperfection is the only place she can finally feel free...

A story about family, identity, and the messy truth of finding yourself — from the beloved author who always writes real life, honestly told.
  • Published: 24 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804997000
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
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Also by Jacqueline Wilson

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The Seaside Sleepover
Think Again
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The Girl Who Wasn't There
The Best Sleepover in the World
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Praise for Picture Imperfect

Praise for Jacqueline Wilson

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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

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