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A special and beautiful book to fall completely and irretrievably in love with. Audrey can not understand why her two daughters are estranged, or why her granddaughters have never met. She is determined to reunite her family, however at the heart of the problem is a secret that has been kept for 30 years.
Either Audrey, Jess, or Lily head each chapter and while travelling forward over several months, they also revisit the past. Hannah Beckerman allows secrets to hover, creating an energy that weaves through the story, suggesting, cajoling, calling to past events. The different view points collide and sometimes splinter, which left my thoughts testing and questioning possibilities.
I found such strength and beauty in the characters, I think they will remain with me for some time. If Only I Could Tell You, is a heartbreaking, truly fabulous read, you may well sob, but believe me, it is worth it!
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If Only I Could Tell You Synopsis
"I loved it (even though it made me cry)."--Jojo Moyes
For fans of This Is Us
comes a story of a family divided and the secret that can possibly unite them -
a life-affirming novel with a twist will break your heart and an ending that
will put it together again.
A secret between two sisters.
A lifetime of lies unraveling.
Can one broken family find their way back to each other?
Audrey's dream as a mother had been for her daughters, Jess and Lily, to be as close as only sisters can be. But now, as adults, they no longer speak to each other, and Audrey's two teenage granddaughters have never met. Audrey just can't help feeling like she's been dealt more than her fair share as she's watched her family come undone over the years, and she has no idea how to fix her family as she wonders if they will ever be whole again.
If only Audrey had known three decades ago that a secret could have the power to split her family in two, and yet, also keep them linked. And when hostilities threaten to spiral out of control, a devastating choice that was made so many years ago is about to be revealed, testing this family once and for all.
Once the truth is revealed, will it be enough to put her family back together again or break them apart forever?
"Utterly compelling and completely heartbreaking. I couldn't put it down."
-- Ruth Hogan
"Totally engrossing, achingly sad and so perceptive about the corrosive legacy of family secrets."--Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780062890542 |
| Publication date: |
15th October 2019 |
| Author: |
Hannah Beckerman |
| Publisher: |
William Morrow & Company an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
368 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Family Drama
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Hannah Beckerman Press Reviews
Toxic friendship [is] beautifully explored in Hannah Beckerman's If Only I Could Tell You - Marie Claire
Lyrical and deeply emotional -- Katy Regan
A brave depiction of a family torn apart -- Laura Barnett
A wise and tender tale of a family divided...compelling from the first page to the last -- Emylia Hall
Utterly heartbreaking and beautifully written -- Libby Page
Profoundly beautiful and heartbreaking in turn -- Kate Hamer
[An] incredibly moving, poignant book...It will have you in floods of tears -- Louise O'Neill
Totally engrossing, achingly sad and so perceptive -- Kate Eberlen
An intricately tender novel about secrets and silence -- Julie Cohen
A tender, moving portrait of three women's lives... If Only I Could Tell You broke my heart -- Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn't Call
I pure loved it! Compelling and deeply moving -- Marian Keyes
Engaging, clever, and wonderfully satisfying . . . storytelling at its finest -- Kate Mosse
Wonderful . . . I loved it to bits -- Joanna Cannon
A tender portrait of family lives, losses and secrets -- Clare Mackintosh
Utterly compelling and completely heart-breaking -- Ruth Hogan
A beautiful tale... Heartbreaking and uplifting -- Ruth Jones
I loved it - Jojo Moyes
A tender and heartbreaking second novel - Daily Mail
Emotionally-charged and superbly crafted . . . For all its emotional intensity and heartbreaking themes, Beckerman's compelling, compassionate novel delivers ultimately life-affirming and uplifting messages with eloquence, elegance and an acute understanding of the delicate but unbreakable bonds of family - Lancashire Post
A tender story - Sunday Mirror
A compelling yet tender tale - Woman & Home
A powerful novel about grief, guilt and...secrets - Sunday Express
Tense, moving and tender - Sun on Sunday
A tender story that will have you reaching for tissues - PRIMA
Hot reads: If Only I Could Tell You really tugs the heartstrings - Good Housekeeping
Life-affirming - Red
Tender, heartbreaking and utterly beautiful - Psychologies
A must-read. An absorbing tale of long-buried family secrets, grief and guilt with a midpoint twist that changes everything - Sunday Express Magazine
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