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The Outrun

The Outrun

Author(s): Amy Liptrot

Location(s): Orkney Islands

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs

Era(s): Modern

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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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An amazingly candid account of recovery from addiction, on Orkney, where a transformative process takes place. It is both insightful and extremely evocative of the inner workings of a human mind and of place.

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