If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman

If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman

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A poignant and uplifting story about family and forgiveness that will appeal to readers who have loved Jojo Moyes' Me Before You and Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things.

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If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman

A TWIST THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART . . . AN ENDING THAT WILL PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.'I loved it' Jojo Moyes 'Compelling and moving . . . it made me cry' Marian Keyes ***** Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty years has splintered the family in two, but is also the one thing keeping them connected. As tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago is about to surface. After years of secrets and silence, how can one broken family find their way back to each other? ***** Your favourite authors are all being swept away by If Only I Could Tell You: 'Had me totally gripped. Highly recommended' Sara Cox, author of Till the Cows Come Home 'Heartbreaking and uplifting' Ruth Jones, author of Never Greener 'Utterly compelling and completely heart-breaking. I couldn't put it down' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'A tender portrait of family lives, losses and secrets' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go 'Emotionally engaging, clever & wonderfully satisfying' Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers 'If Only I Could Tell You breaks your heart, but with an incredible skill and elegance... I loved it to bits' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble With Goats and Sheep
A must-readAn absorbing tale of long-buried family secrets, grief and guilt with a midpoint twist that changes everything * Sunday Express Magazine *
Tender, heartbreaking and utterly beautiful * Psychologies *
Life-affirming * Red *
Hot reads: If Only I Could Tell You really tugs the heartstrings * Good Housekeeping *
A tender story that will have you reaching for tissues * PRIMA *
Tense, moving and tender * Sun on Sunday *
A powerful novel about grief, guilt and...secrets * Sunday Express *
A compelling yet tender tale * Woman & Home *
A tender story * Sunday Mirror *
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 and heartbreaking second novel * Daily Mail *
I loved it * Jojo Moyes *
A beautiful tale... Heartbreaking and uplifting -- Ruth Jones
Utterly compelling and completely heart-breaking -- Ruth Hogan
A tender portrait of family lives, losses and secrets -- Clare Mackintosh
Wonderful . . . I loved it to bits -- Joanna Cannon
Engaging, clever, and wonderfully satisfying . . . storytelling at its finest -- Kate Mosse
I pure loved it! Compelling and deeply moving -- Marian Keyes
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
An intricately tender novel about secrets and silence -- Julie Cohen
Totally engrossing, achingly sad and so perceptive -- Kate Eberlen
[An] incredibly moving, poignant book...It will have you in floods of tears -- Louise O'Neill
Profoundly beautiful and heartbreaking in turn -- Kate Hamer
Utterly heartbreaking and beautifully written -- Libby Page
A wise and tender tale of a family divided...compelling from the first page to the last -- Emylia Hall
A brave depiction of a family torn apart -- Laura Barnett
Lyrical and deeply emotional -- Katy Regan
Toxic friendship [is] beautifully explored in Hannah Beckerman's If Only I Could Tell You * Marie Claire *

Hannah Beckerman studied English at King's College, London and for a Master's degree at Queen Mary and Westfield, London. She spent twelve years working in television, first as a Producer for the BBC and subsequently as a Commissioning Editor for Arts and Documentaries at Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel USA. She lived in Bangladesh for two years, working for the BBC World Service Trust.

Hannah is now a full-time author and journalist. She is a book critic and features writer for the Observer, the FT Weekend Magazine and the Sunday Express and a regular chair at literary festivals and events. She has been a judge for numerous book prizes including the Costa Book Awards. If Only I Could Tell You is Hannah's second novel. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781409177302
ISBN 10 1409177300
Title If Only I Could Tell You
Author Hannah Beckerman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2019-02-21
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.