SOLVED. Trying to find a book I read as a child!!! [s]

[Charlotte]

I read a book as a child and can't for the life of me remember the title or author at all, all I remember is it was about a mother who steals things and she had a young daughter and a dog called chardonnay, she tried to run away but got caught and arrested so the daughter had to then go and stay with her dad on a different island, she was just a child, but her mother wrote letters from jail and she was learning to cook there and her daughter started school and made new friends and also learnt to ride a bike. PLEASE HELP!!! I've tried google with no results I've been trying to locate this for years now thank you!

[Jon]

Could it be Shine by Kate Maryon?

"Twelve-year-old Tiff loves her mom, Carla, who is glitzy and fun and always coming home with shiny new amazing stuff. The trouble is, Tiff's mom doesn't buy things, she takes them. The fact is, Tiff's mom is a thief. When Carla gets caught, Tiff's shiny life is ruined. She's packed off to a remote island to live with Carla's family. A family her mom never even talks about and that Tiff has never even met! How can she survive in this dull, dull place? But the island of Sark isn't as awful as Tiff imagined it would be. The islanders are kind and honest and she's happy spending time with them. So three months later, when it's finally time for her mom to join her, Tiff can't help feeling more than a little bit worried."

[Charlotte]

Yessss!!! Thank you so much for your help finding this!! Absolute superstar

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Charlotte.
For future reference, you need to add genre and plot details in the topic header/title - and tell us around what year you read the book. Threads with vague headers will be closed.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Charlotte, please edit your header to add genre and plot details. This is mandatory, not optional.