Holding Her Breath - Eimear Ryan

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022This critically acclaimed debut will be a guaranteed hit with literary fiction lovers this Christmas._____________A young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family''s tragic pastWhen 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 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O''BRIEN AWARD 2022__________''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''En
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