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    Outrun: A Memoir

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    ISBN: 9781786894229
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    AuthorLiptrot, Amy
    Pub Date11/10/2018
    BindingPaperback
    Pages304
    Publisher: CANONGATE
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    The Sunday Times runaway bestseller - an exhilarating nature memoir about recovering from alcoholism in Orkney

    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
    WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE
    WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZE
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZE

    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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