- Title:
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The Outrun
- Written by:
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Amy Liptrot
- Read by:
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Tracy Wiles
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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6 hours 48 minutes
- Published:
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November 01 2019
- Available Date:
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November 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655643364
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Autobiography; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Canongate audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Bestseller
Winner PEN Ackerley Prize 2017
Winner The Wainwright Prize 2016
Shortlisted The Ondaatje Prize 2017
Shortlisted Wellcome Book Prize 2017
An exhilarating nature memoir about recovering from alcoholism in Orkney that was a runaway hit.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016
At the age of 30, 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.
‘Will no doubt sit alongside Richard Mabey’s Nature Cure and Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk – the sheer sensuality of Liptrot’s prose and her steely resolve put her right up there with the best of the best.’
The New Statesman
‘Liptrot has lived her life on the edge of things, literally and metaphorically. Her beautiful book gives a wonderfully evocative account of both, blending searing memoir with sublime nature writing.’
The Independent on Sunday