The Outrun A Memoir [Hardcover]

[A] gorgeous debut. . . . Full of lucid self-discovery and shimmering prose.Contains unflinching interrogation of [Liptrots] self-destructive impulses, but also sharp observations about the metaphysical qualities of her surroundings. . . .[Liptrots] prose is spare, lean, and beautiful, much like the country about which she writes.Spectacular. . . . This magnificent memoir is a record of transformation in its truest senseUncompromising and lyrical&Liptrots writing is strong and sure&A lyrical, brave memoir& [Liptrot] walks the hills and dances between the standing stones of Stenness; she joins a wild swimming club and, hauling herself from the gelid waters, naked on the beach, I am a selkie slipped from its skin. Its this aptitude Liptrot has for marrying her inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling writerand one to watch.Liptrot is an Orcadian warrior with the breeze in her blood and poetry in her fingers, and