Holding her breath
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Holding her breath
(Penguin fiction)
Penguin, 2022, c2021
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Originally published: Sandycove, 2021
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022
This critically acclaimed debut will be a guaranteed hit with literary fiction lovers this Christmas.
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A young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past
When Beth Crowe starts university, she is shadowed by the ghost of her potential as a competitive swimmer. Free to create a fresh identity for herself, she finds herself among people who adore the poetry of her grandfather, Benjamin Crowe, who died tragically before she was born. She embarks on a secret relationship - and on a quest to discover the truth about Benjamin and his widow, her beloved grandmother Lydia. The quest brings her into an archive that no scholar has ever seen, and to a person who knows things about her family that nobody else knows.
Holding Her Breath is a razor-sharp, moving and seriously entertaining novel about complicated love stories, ambition and grief - and a young woman coming fully into her powers.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 2022
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'A stunning debut from this new Irish talent' STELLAR
'A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch . . . I absolutely loved it' LOUISE O'NEILL
'Whip smart observations and addictive prose' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read' RODDY DOYLE
'A moving debut with a satisfying conclusion' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY' MARIAN KEYES
'Enthralling' IMAGE
'A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil' SARA BAUME
'A truly compelling read, and one I wholeheartedly recommend' BUZZ
'Through the dark sky of our times, Eimear Ryan arrives like a comet, a bright talent scorching through every page' DOIREANN NI GHRIOFA, author of A Ghost in the Throat
'Brilliantly realised, gripping, and moving . . . This is absolutely the real thing' KEVIN POWER
'Written with a wonderful clarity and insight, Holding Her Breath lingers in the imagination. Beth's unravelling and re-ravelling is drawn with great skill and empathy. A brilliant debut' DONAL RYAN
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