Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • If Only I Could Tell You

  • The hopeful, heartbreaking story of family secrets you need to read in 2020
  • By: Hannah Beckerman
  • Narrated by: Nicky Diss
  • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
If Only I Could Tell You cover art

If Only I Could Tell You

By: Hannah Beckerman
Narrated by: Nicky Diss
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Impossible Truths of Love cover art
The Forgetting cover art
Tell Me How This Ends cover art
Sorry for Your Loss cover art
The Generation cover art
The Seven Sisters cover art
The Best Days of Our Lives cover art
A Short History of the Girl Next Door cover art
A Sister's Promise cover art
You Left Early cover art
The Light Through the Leaves cover art
The Son & His Hope cover art
After the Eclipse cover art
A Time for Us cover art
Anna cover art
Betrayed: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Struggle to Escape a Cruel Life Defined by Family Honour cover art

Summary

After years of keeping secrets and telling white lies, can one broken family find their way back to each other?  

Audrey's family are falling apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. One secret that echoes back to 30 years before has splintered the family in two and is also the one thing keeping them connected. But as tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago will inevitably rise to the surface and either split them apart for good - or bring them back together.   

A moving novel full of heart about the people closest to us.

©2019 Hannah Beckerman (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group

What listeners say about If Only I Could Tell You

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    50
  • 4 Stars
    36
  • 3 Stars
    13
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    55
  • 4 Stars
    19
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    4
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    42
  • 4 Stars
    30
  • 3 Stars
    16
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

A bit depressing

Avoid this book if you want something to cheer you up. Quite a grim tale of far fetched sadness and loss.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

This is not a happy book

I dont really know where to start!

Narrator: was wonderful. She played each character really well and her own emotions were so obvious toward the climax of this story - it def had an impact to how much I cried!!. She did a great job considering the scene!!

Characters: my goodness. I hated 1 of them - Jess......Pitied another - Lily........and was incredibly frustrated with the last - Audrey. I loved Phoebe and Mia though and felt they couldve been developed a lot more which may have led to the main story line not feeling so drawn out.

Story: the personal tragedy of this family feels terribly unlikely and very drawn out. The big secret comes together really well, but could've arrived much quicker than allowed. I did nothing but cry during this book. Theres nothing heart warming about it. The big secret in itself was utterly heartbreaking!!

I advise to make sure you have a box of tissues when embarking on this book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

relationships

loved the narration and the twists on the storyline. the relationships between mother and daughters and between siblings was very real.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Ioved the way it was read

Super reader and story line thoroughly enjoyed the book highly recommended to everyone great twist

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

interesting and worth a listen

Slow to start but I kept with it and certainly worth while. The anger scenes were very realistic and glad they stopped before I turned off. Glad I didn't.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Too much shouting!

Not a pleasant listen. Narrator goes from whispering to screeching. I could only listen for a few minutes at a time. Far too long for a mediocre story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

So miserable

This book is a catalogue of all the horrible things that can happen to a person in their life! If you’re feeling depressed then don’t read this.. it’ll surely make you feel worse.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

If only I could tell you

Well written and narrated wallows rather a lot and is slightly improbable rather a dysfunctional family. Much too drawn out

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Secrets and lies at the heart of a family.

There is only one real message I want to give for this book - it is fabulous in every way. Once I had started it I found it very hard to break away from it. It moved me and entertained me and I would love there to be some sort of sequel.
Author and narrator both did a fantastic job. Thank you!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable

An enjoyable read , didn't suspect where it was going which was good. Read very well

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!