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The Outrun (Paperback)

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Published: 04/08/2016

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZE At the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life. As she spends her mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, her days tracking Orkney's wildlife, and her nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy discovers how the wild can restore life and renew hope.

Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781782115489
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 207 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
Edition: Main

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“life without alcohol”

Amy Liptrot was addicted to alcohol and part of the book details the part of her life immediately before she undertook rehabilitation. Vignettes of her life in London, and the debasements she underwent before her... More

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Lizzie | @littlehux

“Raw and achingly beautiful; an astonishing debut ”

I am truly overwhelmed by The Outrun. Part rediscovery-of-self memoir, part salute to nature and her Orcadian upbringing, completely engrossing. Amy writes with raw words, often beautiful and harsh in turns. The... More

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“living on the edge”

Amy describes her life after treatment for alcoholism, and paints a fascinating and attractive picture of life in the Orkneys. Constantly living and experiencing on the edge of things we see her starting to... More

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