![]() To her surprise, she gets a temporary job, on Orkney, mapping rare corncrakes for the RSPB. She combines reflections and memories with immediate descriptions of the islands' wild nature, wind, geology, and wildlife. She tells of her rehabilitation after ten unhappy years in London, during which she had become an alcoholic and drug taker. The Outrun describes Amy Liptrot's experiences when she returns to live in Orkney, where she grew up on a farm, her father schizophrenic and bipolar, her mother an evangelical Christian. It won her the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN/Ackerley Prize. The book combines nature writing with self-reflection. It is set in Orkney, her childhood home, where she returned to rehabilitate after becoming an alcoholic in London. The Outrun is a 2016 memoir by the Scottish journalist and author Amy Liptrot. ![]()
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