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'Blisteringly good . . .An enthralling debut from a hugely talented writer' DANIELLE MCLAUGHLIN'Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY' MARIAN KEYESA 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. __________'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 NI GHRIOFA, 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
| EAN : | 9781844885466 |
| Katalógové číslo: | 1320184 |
| Rok vydania: | 2021 |
| Jazyk: | EN |
| Počet strán: | 256 |
| Väzba: | mäkká |
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