Holding Her Breath
- Author Eimear Ryan
- Narrator Clara Harte
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 17 June 2021
- Run Time 7 hours and 18 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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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
'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
© Eimear Ryan 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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| Author | Eimear Ryan |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Clara Harte |
| Duration | 7 hours and 18 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241993743 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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