THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE
WINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZE
At 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, her days tracking Orkney's wildlife, and her nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy discovers how the wild can restore life and renew hope.
- ISBN10 178211548X
- ISBN13 9781782115489
- Publish Date 4 August 2016 (first published 31 December 2015)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books Ltd
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English