Amy Liptrot 2 Books Collection Set (The Outrun & The Instant) - Non Fiction - Mixed Format

Titles in This Set
The Outrun
The Instant

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Mixed Format (The Instant — Hardcover; The Outrun — Paperback)
Publisher: Canongate

Overview
This two-book collection brings together Amy Liptrot's acclaimed memoirs of self-discovery, addiction, and connection across two very different landscapes. The Outrun follows her return to the windswept Orkney islands to recover from alcoholism, while The Instant traces her impulsive move to Berlin in search of new love and adventure. Together, these books chart a raw, honest arc from rock bottom to renewal, blending sharp memoir with lyrical nature and city writing. Fans of memoir, recovery narratives, and travel writing will find intimacy and landscape in this pairing of Liptrot's most personal work.

About the Books
Amy Liptrot's two memoirs stand among the most vivid nature and recovery writing of the past decade. The Outrun opens as Liptrot, aged thirty, returns to her childhood home on Orkney after a decade of addiction in London. On the remote island, she rebuilds her life morning by morning: swimming in cold seas, tracking wildlife, and searching the sky for the Northern Lights. The memoir won the Wainwright Prize and the PEN Ackerley Prize, and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. The Instant picks up the story years later, when Liptrot, restless after her island recovery, books a one-way flight to Berlin in search of new experience, work, and love. She explores the city's nightclubs and parks, hunts for its resident goshawks and raccoons, and looks for connection online. Where The Outrun is rooted in wind and rock, The Instant moves at city speed, capturing a year of longing and reinvention. Read together, the two books portray a writer moving between isolation and crowd, sea and street, past and present, always in Liptrot's precise, unsentimental voice.

Key Benefits

• Pairs two acclaimed Amy Liptrot memoirs — The Outrun and The Instant — for a complete arc from recovery to reinvention
• The Outrun won the Wainwright Prize and the PEN Ackerley Prize, and was shortlisted for the Wellcome and Ondaatje Prizes
• Blends confessional memoir with vivid nature and city writing, ideal for fans of literary non-fiction
• Brand new copies, ready to gift or add to a home library
• A thoughtful gift for memoir and nature-writing readers — great for birthdays or holiday gifting

Book-by-Book Guide
The Outrun — Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney at thirty to recover from alcoholism, swimming in cold seas and tracking wildlife as she rebuilds her life; winner of the Wainwright Prize and PEN Ackerley Prize.
The Instant — Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin in search of new experience and love, exploring the city's nightclubs and wildlife over a year.

About the Author
Amy Liptrot is a Scottish writer from Orkney. She has published work with various magazines, journals, and blogs, and wrote a column for Caught by the River, out of which The Outrun first emerged. She has written for the Guardian and the Observer, and worked as an artist's model, a trampolinist, and in a shellfish factory. The Outrun, her debut memoir, became a Sunday Times bestseller and won the 2016 Wainwright Prize and 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize. The Instant is her follow-up memoir, exploring place and love through the lens of Berlin.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This pairing gives readers the full sweep of Amy Liptrot's journey, from Orkney's wild coastline to Berlin's restless streets, told in her precise, unsentimental prose. A meaningful gift for memoir lovers, nature-writing fans, and book clubs alike — ideal for birthdays, holiday gifting, or a thoughtful stocking stuffer this season.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.