Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

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.
Be Frank with Me cover art

Be Frank with Me

By: Julia Claiborne Johnson
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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...

Glitter and Glue cover art
There's Something I Have to Tell You cover art
Second Shot cover art
Ruritanian Rogues: Volumes 1-3 cover art
A Fall of Marigolds cover art
The Dollhouse cover art
Best Friends Forever cover art
After Life cover art
In Zanesville cover art
Heft cover art
600 Hours of Edward cover art
Great Expectations cover art
A Prayer for Owen Meany cover art
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest cover art
Tomboy Survival Guide cover art
The Elegance of the Hedgehog cover art

Summary

For some boys fitting in means standing out.

Meet Frank - he isn't like other kids. Intrepid explorer, sartorial connoisseur; he's as strange as he is brilliant. But Frank discovers the hard way that people don't like brilliant, and they hate strange. What Frank longs for - aside from a father - is a friend. 

Meet Mimi - a reclusive literary legend and mother to Frank. Mimi has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, keeping her secrets and hiding Frank from a cruel world. Until Alice.

Meet Alice - the level-headed young woman charged with looking after Mimi's unusual son. In so doing, Alice discovers what it really means to love someone. And she finds a part of herself she never knew was missing. 

Funny, poignant and unforgettable, this novel - like Frank - is a one-off creation you'll fall in love with.

©2016 Julia Claiborne Johnson (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

What listeners say about Be Frank with Me

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

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

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

A hidden gem

So many audiobook reviews say, “Great book, but...”. Not this one.

This book is such a hidden gem. It won an audie award in 2017 but it has not been promoted at all by Audible, which is a huge shame. The story is lively, charming, unpredictable and uplifting, without being at all saccharine.

The narration is outstanding.

This book reminds me of A Man Called Ove, which took off through word of mouth when (a lack of) marketing failed it. So, here’s hoping!

You will probably never see this review as this book is buried in Audible’s library, but if you do, definitely buy the 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
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

underrated must read

took me a few chapters to get unto it but I miss Frank already. I never leave reviews but was inspired to listen by another listener's review and for that I am grateful. Frank had me laughing throughout.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!