{"product_id":"books-holding-her-breath-by-eimear-ryan","title":"Holding Her Breath","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022  This 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 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.  SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021  SHORTLISTED 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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670605259025,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781844885473.jpg?v=1781511499","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-holding-her-breath-by-eimear-ryan","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}