02963cam a22004218i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000310008903500130012004000340013304200080016705000270017508200220020210000270022424500500025125000240030126300090032526400480033430000240038233600260040633700280043233800270046052003360048752011740082365000240199765000360202165000390205765000230209665000380211965500190215777601400217690600450231694200450236195201180240699900170252422301147CSPC20260124160347.0211105s2022    nyu           000 1 eng    a  2021053771  a9780063236080q(hardcover)  a22301147  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdCSPC  apcc00aPR6118.Y3544bH65 202100a823.92bR952h2231 aRyan, Eimear,eauthor.10aHolding her breath :ba novel /cEimear Ryan.  aFirst U.S. edition.  a2205 1aBoston ;aNew York :bMariner Books,c2022.  a246 pages ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"A keenly observant and "whip smart" (Sunday Telegraph) debut novel, following a former competitive swimmer and granddaughter of a famous Irish poet as she comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Lily King's Writers & Lovers, and Elif Batuman's The Idiot"--cProvided by publisher.  a"When Beth Crowe starts university, she is haunted by the ghost of her potential as a competitive swimmer. With her Olympic dreams shattered after a breakdown, she is suddenly free to create a fresh identity for herself outside of swimming. Striking up a friendship with her English major roommate, Beth soon finds herself among a literary crowd of people who adore the poetry of her grandfather, Benjamin Crowe, who died tragically before she was born. Beth’s mother and grandmother rarely talk about what happened to Benjamin, and Beth is unsettled to find that her classmates may know more about her own family history than she does.
As the year goes on, Beth embarks on a secret relationship with an older postdoctoral researcher—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."--cAmazon. 0aGrief—Fiction     0aGrandparent and childxFiction. 0aCollege studentszIrelandxFiction 0aFamiliesxFiction. 0aMan-woman relationshipsxFiction. 7aNovels.2lcgft08iOnline version:aRyan, Eimear.tHolding her breath.bFirst U.S. edition.dBoston : Mariner Books, 2022z9780063236103w(DLC) 2021053772  a7bripcorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBKe23h823.92iR952hkFICm2021n0  00102ddc4070aCSPCbCSPCcFICd2026-01-24l0oFIC R952h 2021p031093r2026-01-24 16:04:09t1-1w2026-01-24yBK  c31591d31591