Its this aptitude Liptrot has for marrying her inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling writer-and one to watch.- Guardian A stunning, wild, and gracefully rendered account of life in the Scottish hinterlands.- San Francisco Chronicle Amy Liptrot has lived her life on the edge of things, both literally and metaphorically. It may even be a future classic.- New Statesman A lyrical, brave memoir. Liptrot is an Orcadian warrior with the breeze in her blood and poetry in her fingers, and The Outrun equals works by fellow islanders such as George Mackay Brown and Peter Maxwell Davies.

A Guardian Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller New Statesman Book of the Year Review Quotes he sheer sensuality of Liptrots prose and her steely resolve immediately put her right up there with the best of the best. The Outrun maps Amys inspiring recovery as she walks along windy coasts, swims in icy Atlantic waters, tracks Orkneys wildlife, and reconnects with her parents, revisiting and rediscovering the place that shaped her. highly rmended.-The Millions Book Synopsis After a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland.

About the Book Its wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent.

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