Eimear Ryan

Cora Staunton is an elite sportswoman: winner of four All-Irelands, 11 All-Stars and five Club All-Irelands. She is a trailblazer in the Australian Football League, and a hero in her native Mayo for her gaelic football skills. But its been a long and eventful road for Cora. When she was young, she was small for her age, and had to prove herself at every level: to the boys in her club, to the Mayo selectors who took a chance on her as a teenager, but most importantly to herself. From Croke Park to the stadiums of Sydney, Cora has proved herself to be a master of the game.This is the story of how a young football-mad girl became a living legend. A story of female empowerment for younger readers.

Cuando Beth Crowe empieza la universidad, el fantasma de su pasado como nadadora de competición la persigue. Con sus sueños olímpicos hechos añicos tras un colapso, de repente es libre de crearse una nueva identidad. En el campus entabla amistad con personas que adoran la poesia de su abuelo, el celebre poeta Benjamin Crowe, que murio tragicamente antes de que ella naciera. A traves de su madre y de su abuela, esposa y editora de la obra del poeta, ira descubriendo los detalles del misterio que rodearon su vida y su muerte. La busqueda la llevara a un archivo que ningun erudito ha visto jamas, y a una persona que sabe cosas de su familia que nadie mas conoce. Aguantar la respiracion es una inteligente y conmovedora primera novela. El tiempo y los secretos brindan a Beth la oportunidad de resolver el rompecabezas que saca a la luz relevantes hechos del pasado y dar un nuevo sentido al legado familiar.

Cuando Beth Crowe empieza la universidad, el fantasma de su pasado como nadadora de competición la persigue. Con sus sueños olímpicos hechos añicos tras un colapso, de repente es libre de crearse una nueva identidad. En su nuevo ambiente entabla amistad con personas que adoran la poesia de su abuelo, el celebre poeta Benjamin Crowe, que murio tragicamente antes de que ella naciera. A traves de su madre y de su abuela, esposa y editora de la obra del poeta, ira descubriendo los detalles del misterio que rodearon su vida y su muerte. La busqueda la llevara a un archivo que ningun erudito ha visto jamas, y a una persona que sabe cosas de su familia que nadie mas conoce."Aguantar la respiracion" de Eimear Ryan es una inteligente y conmovedora primera novela. El tiempo y los secretos brindan a Beth la oportunidad de resolver el rompecabezas que saca a la luz relevantes hechos del pasado y dar un nuevo sentido al legado familiar.

A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting Ciarán MurphyWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you have to accept smaller audiences, diminished status and - for professionals - lower pay.And what if, as is the case for camogie player Eimear Ryan, your sport has a completely different name when women play it? What if you dont feel entirely comfortable in an all-female sporting environment because youre shy, bookish, not really one of the girls?In The Grass Ceiling, acclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport, and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression. At a time when womens sport is on the rise but still a long way from equality, it is a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.Praise for The Grass CeilingA gorgeous memoir about a life lived in sport, specifically a female, Irish rural life. I read it in two sittings. Malachy Clerkin, Irish TimesA love letter to the GAA and a diatribe against the idea sport is not for women Kathleen McNamee, Irish TimesBrilliant ... Ryans bold and deep search into so many of those internalised questions provides a fascinating collage of emotional detail Christy OConnor, Irish Examiner Lyrical, urgent, wise and bracingIrish Times

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022This critically acclaimed debut will be a guaranteed hit with literary fiction lovers this Christmas._____________A young woman comes of age in the shadow of her familys tragic pastWhen 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.SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE OBRIEN AWARD 2022__________A stunning debut from this new Irish talentSTELLARA beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch . . . I absolutely loved itLOUISE ONEILLWhip smart observations and addictive proseSUNDAY TELEGRAPHPrecise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read RODDY DOYLEA moving debut with a satisfying conclusionIRISH INDEPENDENTBrilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLYMARIAN KEYESEnthrallingIMAGEA nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoilSARA BAUMEA truly compelling read, and one I wholeheartedly recommendBUZZThrough the dark sky of our times, Eimear Ryan arrives like a comet, a bright talent scorching through every pageDOIREANN NI GHRIOFA, author of A Ghost in the ThroatBrilliantly realised, gripping, and moving . . . This is absolutely the real thingKEVIN POWERWritten with a wonderful clarity and insight, Holding Her Breath lingers in the imagination. Beths unravelling and re-ravelling is drawn with great skill and empathy. A brilliant debutDONAL RYAN