The Illustrated Mum

A book that children will respond to and be empowered by . . . A powerfully portrayed, sometimes shocking but ultimately uplifting story, this is a book not to be missed

The Bookseller

Darker, shocking in its exposure of the vulnerability of streetwise kids who have to seem tough, luridly well-written yet curiously as sentimental as Dickens

Financial Times

More than lives up the expectations of the many readers eagerly waiting for her new book . . . disturbingly perceptive and provocative

Guardian

Undoubtedly her best yet - single mum, feisty daughter, jaunty style - but there is a darker thread running through it

Sunday Telegraph

Wilson is doing something important and rare. Not content to stand still, she's widening and deepening the scope of her work while maintaining its central hold on her readers. She's so good, it's exhilarating

Guardian

Written with affection and wit . . . this could have been a sad story, but somehow it manages to sparkle as brilliantly as the mother's own numerous coloured tattoos

Independent