![]() ![]() ![]() Her atmospheric writing about the magical Orkney Islands and their wildlife, rather than the ruminating on alcoholism, is what sets the book apart. A simple existence, close to nature and connected to other people, was just what she needed during her first two years of sobriety. Liptrot grew up on mainland Orkney, a tight-knit Scottish community she was eager to leave as a teenager but found herself returning to a decade later, washed up after the dissolute living and heartbreak she left behind in London. And yet it is about so much more that I’m tempted to say alcoholism is only the backstory, not the main thrust. That’s because, put simply, it’s a memoir about Amy Liptrot’s slide into alcoholism and her subsequent recovery she also mulls over her father’s history of mental illness and the strain it put on her family. The Outrun has recently been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize, awarded annually to a work that engages with medical themes. ![]()
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