Eimer Ryan – Holding Her Breath
Eimer Ryan’s stunning début novel, Holding Her Breath is a coming-of-age tale that follows Beth Crowe as she starts university, the shadow of her potential as a competitive swimmer lurking behind her. Free to create a new identity for herself, Beth soon finds a group of people who love the poetry of her grandfather, Benjamin, who died tragically before she was born. She then embarks on a quest to discover the truth about her grandfather and his widow, Lydia which leads her to a person who knows things about her family that nobody else knows.