The Outrun

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING SAOIRSE RONAN WITH A NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE AND THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE After spending her twenties in London, Amy Liptrot returns to her home in Orkney where she comes to terms with the addiction that has consumed the past decade of her life. On the remote island, Amy spends her mornings swimming in the cold sea, her days observing wildlife, and her nights searching the sky for any signs of the Northern Lights. She soon discovers how the natural world can restore life, heal old wounds and renew hope.

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A lyrical, brave memoir. It's Liptrot's aptitude for marrying her inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling writer . . . I enjoyed this book enormously WILL SELF Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Amy Liptrot, Liptrot Amy
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781805301127
• ISBN: 978-1-80530-112-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, natural history, Orkney Islands, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Autobiography: writers, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems