EAN: 9781844885473

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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 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__________ '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 NÍ GHRÍOFA 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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