The Outrun - Amy Liptrot FictionTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZEAt 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,
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine
Captivating' Pankaj Mishra
she offers practical steps to call out racism and bring about radical social change
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human and deeply affecting
asking that her books be published without cover copy
An intoxicating romantasy of trials
make your own fertilizer
'Sylvia Plath
and food miles
The flame of resistance is growing - Queen Edana finds allies in the swamps of Ardan
heart wrenching and honest''A masterpiece