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Picture Imperfect
- Author
- Jacqueline Wilson
- Narrator
- Megan Richards
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
What to expect
FROM THE BELOVED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PUT YOURSELF FIRST?
Dol has 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...
Funny, moving and full of hope, Picture Imperfect is a story about family, love and discovering that life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful — from the beloved author who always writes real life, honestly told.
'Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere.' Dawn O'Porter, bestselling author of So Lucky
'This story offers grown-ups what Wilson has long offered teenagers: comfort, sanity and delight in the ordinary.' Daily Mail
'A read-in-a-day comfort book.' The Independent
© Jacqueline Wilson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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Praise for Jacqueline Wilson
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A read-in-a-day comfort book.
Independent
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Nuanced and refreshing...beautifully told.
Guardian
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This story offers grown-ups what Wilson has long offered teenagers: comfort, sanity and delight in the ordinary.
Daily Mail
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Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere.
Dawn O'Porter
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Wilson knocks it out of the park once again...a moving story that is as fun to read as it is meaningful.
Alice Winn
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She is a national treasure.
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Realistic, sharp eyed...I loved it and didn’t want it to end.
Katie Fforde
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‘Jacqueline Wilson is a national treasure! Picture Imperfect is at once beautiful, sad and uplifting.’
Alice Winn
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Details
- Author
- Jacqueline Wilson
- Narrator
- Megan Richards
- Duration
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529955668
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
FROM THE BELOVED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORWHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PUT YOURSELF FIRST? Dol has 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...Funny, moving and full of hope, Picture Imperfect is a story about family, love and discovering that life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful — from the beloved author who always writes real life, honestly told.'Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere.' Dawn O'Porter, bestselling author of So Lucky'This story offers grown-ups what Wilson has long offered teenagers: comfort, sanity and delight in the ordinary.' Daily Mail'A read-in-a-day comfort book.' The Independent © Jacqueline Wilson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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