Holding Her Breath Eimear Ryan Penguin Books Ltd

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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 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\'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 Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

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