It's this aptitude Liptrot has for marrying her inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling writer-and one to watch.- "Guardian"Ī stunning, wild, and gracefully rendered account of life in the Scottish hinterlands.- "San Francisco Chronicle"Īmy Liptrot has lived her life on the edge of things, both literally and metaphorically. It may even be a future classic.- "New Statesman"Ī lyrical, brave memoir. Liptrot is an Orcadian warrior with the breeze in her blood and poetry in her fingers, and The Outrun equals works by fellow islanders such as George Mackay Brown and Peter Maxwell Davies.
He sheer sensuality of Liptrot's prose and her steely resolve immediately put her right up there with the best of the best. 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. highly recommended." -The MillionsĪfter a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. About the Book "It's wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent.
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