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Holding Her Breath

'Blisteringly good ... An enthralling debut from a hugely talented writer' DANIELLE MCLAUGHLIN

'Brilliant, vivid — I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY' MARIAN KEYES

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. __________

'A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch ... I absolutely loved it' LOUISE O'NEILL

'Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read' RODDY DOYLE

'A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil' SARA BAUME

'A confident, textured, fluent novel about first love ... A pure joy' NIAMH CAMPBELL

'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

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 288
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-84488-547-3
  • EAN
  • 9781844885473
  • Release date
  • 2022