Holding Her Breath
Author: Ryan, Eimear
ISBN: 9781844885473
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
A beautiful coming of age story in the shadow of a complex love affair
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.
ISBN: 9781844885473
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Descripition:
A beautiful coming of age story in the shadow of a complex love affair
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.
