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 · The Outrun by Amy Liptrot review – the badlands of addiction. This debut by a brave, vulnerable author describes the wind and wildness of Orkney and spares no Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. "Amy Liptrot has lived her life on the edge of things, both literally and metaphorically. The Outrun, her beautiful first book, gives a wonderfully evocative account of both, blending searing memoir with sublime nature writing, and coming up with a unique piece of prose that amounts to a stirring personal philosophy of how to live. Her descriptive writing of the [Orkney] islands and their wildlife absolutely sizzles, a /5().  · "Amy Liptrot has lived her life on the edge of things, both literally and metaphorically. The Outrun, her beautiful first book, gives a wonderfully evocative account of both, blending searing memoir with sublime nature writing, and coming up with a unique piece of prose that amounts to a stirring personal philosophy of how to live. Her descriptive writing of the [Orkney] islands and their wildlife Brand: Norton, W. W. Company, Inc.

The Outrun has recently been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize, awarded annually to a work that engages with medical bltadwin.ru's because, put simply, it's a memoir about Amy Liptrot's slide into alcoholism and her subsequent recovery; she also mulls over her father's history of mental illness and the strain it put on her family. Amy Liptrot's acclaimed memoir documents her chaotic twenties in London, and subsequent return to her native Orkney after she gets sober. The Outrun ends with Liptrot "ready to be brave." A. THE OUTRUN By Amy Liptrot pp. W. W. Norton Company. $ Amy Liptrot begins her memoir with a glossary: In the Orkney Islands of far northern Scotland, seals are called selkies; cattle.

“It’s wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent highly recommended.” —The Millions, The Outrun, A Memoir, Amy Liptrot, Released in the UK last year (and the US today), Liptrot's acclaimed memoir, The Outrun, documents her chaotic twenties in London, and a subsequent return to her native Orkney, the archipelago of. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot review – a raw account of addiction and recovery. In an uncompromising and lyrical memoir Liptrot describes how she exiled herself to the remote Scottish islands to.