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Holding Her Breath
- Narrated by: Clara Harte
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
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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.
Critic reviews
"A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch.... I absolutely loved it." (Louise O'Neill)
"Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read." (Roddy Doyle)
"A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil." (Sara Baume)
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- Jason Logan
- 22-02-22
Stunning!
My favourite audible yet! The story unfolds at a lovely pace and the narration is so enjoyable. I kept having to remind myself that this is a work of fiction because this book creates such a vivid world. Was totally gripped right til the end.
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- Mary
- 19-03-22
Pointless
I didn't see the point of this story. I found the narration terrible. The last couple of chapters seemed rushed and that the author wanted to wrap everything up in a tidy bow. It was really not for me.
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