The Outrun
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The Outrun is a 2016 memoir by the Scottish journalist and author Amy Liptrot. It is set in Orkney, her childhood home, where she returned to rehabilitate after becoming an alcoholic in London. The book combines nature writing with self-reflection. It won her the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN/Ackerley Prize.[1][2]
This article is about the book. For the film, see The Outrun (film).
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Author | Amy Liptrot |
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Genre | Recovery memoir, nature writing |
Set in | Orkney |
Published | 2016 |
Publisher | Canongate Books |
Media type | Paperback |
Awards | Wainwright Prize 2016 PEN/Ackerley Prize 2017 |
ISBN | 978-1-78211-549-6 |
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Critics in the United Kingdom and the United States have warmly welcomed the book, describing it as beautiful and moving, and classifying it variously as a travelogue, a work of nature writing, and a recovery memoir. The book has been adapted into a film, directed by Nora Fingscheidt, and produced by and starring Saoirse Ronan.