The illustrated mum

Jacqueline Wilson

About this book

A powerful novel of two sisters who have to cope with living in a very dysfunctional household where their tattoo-crazy mum has real difficulties in coping. A new edition with new cover look and introduction.Dolphin adores her mother: she's got wonderful clothes, bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her body. She definitely lives a colourful life. Dolphin's older sister, Star, also loves her but is beginning to wonder if staying with a mum whose temper can be as flashy as her body-art is the best thing for the girls...

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • england in fiction
  • families
  • family
  • family, fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • literature
  • manic-depressive illness
  • manic-depressive illness in fiction
  • mental depression
  • mothers
  • mothers and daughters
  • mothers and daughters in fiction
  • mothers, fiction
  • single-parent families
  • single-parent families in fiction
  • sisters
  • sisters in fiction
  • tattooing
  • tattooing in fiction