Holding Her Breath

Holding Her Breath
Eimear Ryan
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
24 Mar 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781844885473
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A beautiful coming of age story in the shadow of a complex love affairWhen 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.
From the first sentence to the last, this is a great piece of writing - precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read -- Roddy Doyle Through the dark sky of our times, Eimear Ryan arrives like a comet, a bright talent scorching through every page. To read this book is to feel it blaze to life. I can' t stop thinking about it -- Doireann Ni Ghriofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch. It marks the arrival of an exciting new voice on the Irish literary scene, one whom I can' t wait to hear more from. I absolutely loved it -- Louise O' Neill A delicious read . . . A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil -- Sara Baume A joy to read - disarming, entertaining and life-affirming. A blisteringly good portrayal of complex lives and loves. It' s an enthralling debut from a hugely talented writer -- Danielle McLaughlin Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY -- Marian Keyes Eimear Ryan is a superbly talented writer and Holding Her Breath is a brilliantly realised, gripping, and moving first novel, full of startling perceptions and richly believable characters. This is absolutely the real thing -- Kevin Power A confident, textured, fluent novel about first love - and the campus novel sections are a pure joy -- Niamh Campbell 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 -- Donal Ryan
Eimear Ryan' s writing has appeared in Granta, Winter Papers, The Dublin Review and The Stinging Fly. She is the 2021 Writer in Residence at University College Cork. She is a co-founder of the literary journal Banshee and its publishing imprint, Banshee Press. A native of Co. Tipperary, Eimear now lives in Cork city.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781844885473
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256

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