The Outrun
When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey.Amy was shaped by the cycle of...
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When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey.Amy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father's mental illness, whic
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Publisher: Canongate Books
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
I grew up in some extremes and later sought them for myself, unconsciously emulating unremembered experiences. Now, I still pursue heightened states but do so with greater self-knowledge. I want to have a story but I have to do it sober. I'm intrigued to see what my library book club will make of t...
bookshelves: radio-4, published-2016, scotland-orkney, britain-scotland, cover-love, nonfiction, winter-20152016, islands, teh-demon-booze, mental-health, slit-yer-wrists-gloomy, author-in-the-mirror, autobiography-memoir, back-to-basics Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from January 11 to...
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