Description
After a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. The Outrun maps Amy's inspiring recovery as she walks along windy coasts, swims in icy Atlantic waters, tracks Orkney's wildlife, and reconnects with her parents, revisiting and rediscovering the place that shaped her.
A Guardian Best Nonfiction Book of 2016
Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
New Statesman Book of the Year
Author: Amy Liptrot
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780393355598
ISBN10: 0393355594
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Nature | Essays