Holding Her Breath

Holding Her Breath is a debut novel by Eimear Ryan that was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2021 and the Kate O'Brien Award 2022. It follows a young woman named Beth Crowe as she embarks on a quest to discover the truth about her family's tragic past and comes of age in the process. The novel is praised for its razor-sharp writing, moving and entertaining plot, and its portrayal of complicated love stories, ambition, and grief.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 17 June 2021
\n Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Stellar

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

"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.

Louise O'Neill

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

Sunday Telegraph

"Whip-smart observations and addictive prose." - Sunday Telegraph

Roddy Doyle

"Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read." - Roddy Doyle

Irish Independent

"Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY." - Marian Keyes

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"A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil." - Sara Baume

Buzz

"Through the dark sky of our times, Eimear Ryan arrives like a comet, a bright talent scorching through every page." - Doireann Ní Ghriofa, author of "A Ghost in the Throat"

Doireann Ní Ghriofa

"Brilliantly realised, gripping." - Doireann Ní Ghriofa

\n Weight: 266g\n
Dimension: 136 x 216 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781844885466\n \n