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Amy Liptrot is a Scottish journalist and author. She won the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN/Ackerley Prize for her memoir The Outrun.
Jan 13, 2023 · Amy Liptrot writes about extremes — from growing up on a cliffside farm in Scotland's rugged Orkney Islands, to her struggles with alcoholism while living a wild life in London in her 20s.
Dec 31, 2015 · Amy Liptrot's incisive memoir of overcoming alcoholism amid the luminous Orkney landscape. Liptrot grew up on a sheep farm on Orkney. She was shaped by the wind-swept islands, but longed for the excitement of the city.
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Sep 6, 2022 · Amy Liptrot’s debut, “ The Outrun, ” was an unflinching examination of trauma, addiction and the restorative power of the natural world: Her rendering of Orkney, in the North Isles of Scotland,...
Amy Liptrot is the author of The Outrun (4.01 avg rating, 11075 ratings, 1242 reviews, published 2015), The Instant (3.66 avg rating, 2182 ratings, 246 r...
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The Outrun is a 2016 memoir by the Scottish journalist and author Amy Liptrot. It is set in Orkney, her childhood home, where she returned to rehabilitate after becoming an alcoholic in London. The book combines nature writing with self-reflection.
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Jan 10, 2016 · 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 ...
