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Publisher: Canongate

Author: Amy Liptrot

ISBN: 9781786894229

Year: 2019

Format: Paperback

Nature, Memoir

The Outrun by
Amy Liptrot

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$ 350.00 mxn

The Outrun by

Amy Liptrot

Reviews

"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"

The Guardian

Summary

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.


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