Millions grew up loving The Illustrated Mum; now you can curl up this festive period and find out what happens next in this joyful adult sequel by the world's favourite comfort author, Jacqueline Wilson! Dolphin Westward is done putting everyone else first - especially her unpredictable mother, Marigold. But how do you break the habit of a lifetime? When she meets Lee, the kind single dad next door, she glimpses the wholesome family life she's always wanted. Then Joel crashes into her world - a rugged, magnetic actor who makes her feel truly seen - and suddenly Dolphin finds herself torn between two very different futures. It's not long before everything begins to unravel, and her picture-perfect life feels further away than ever. Faced with losing it all, can she learn to stop chasing perfection and start being herself?