{"product_id":"9781844885473","title":"Holding Her Breath","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis critically acclaimed debut will be a guaranteed hit with literary fiction lovers this Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHolding 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 2022\n\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A stunning debut from this new Irish talent' STELLAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch . . . I absolutely loved it' LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Whip smart observations and addictive prose' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read' RODDY DOYLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A moving debut with a satisfying conclusion' IRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY' MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Enthralling' IMAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil' SARA BAUME\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A truly compelling read, and one I wholeheartedly recommend' BUZZ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly realised, gripping, and moving . . . This is absolutely the real thing' KEVIN POWER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904596177205,"sku":"EB_LI0700_00000_AD","price":54.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781844885473-1.jpg?v=1789409060","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9781844885473","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}