It's an honour for The Portobello Bookshop team to be welcoming the one and only Jacqueline Wilson back to Edinburgh on the evening of Thursday 4th September! She'll be here at the Assembly Rooms for an evening of conversation about her brand new novel, Picture Imperfect.
Dolphin, Star and Marigold are back in this adult sequel to the beloved children's bestseller The Illustrated Mum.
The event that The Portobello Bookshop hosted with Wilson for Think Again last September was one of their all-time favourites and they are so excited to be celebrating the publication of Picture Imperfect with another event for adults in the company of the beloved and iconic author.
Doors due to open at 6.45pm. Books for Book & Ticket options will be available to collect at the venue on the night.
This event will take place at the Assembly Rooms on George Street. There will not be a book signing on the night.
About Picture Imperfect:
Will she retrace old patterns... or illustrate her own?
‘Sorry to wake you in the middle of the night, but we have a lady here who’s not very well. She says she’s called Marigold, Queen of the Sky?’
Dolphin Westward spent her childhood as the supporting character in the story of her beautiful, wild, volatile mother Marigold. Now thirty-three, she’s painfully aware that not much has changed. She lives in a tiny flat, works in a tattoo shop by day and collects her illustrated mum 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?