A friend casually left this for me to read—when I finally dove in I was shocked at the clarity and energy of Amy Liptrot’s writing. What a gem of a book. The revelations of her new found sobriety are woven into her explorations of the rough and wild Orkney islands. 
Category: Women writers
Soulful writing
I read about Sanora Babb in the New York Review of Books and was intrigued by her story. That led me to buy this book and I was swept into her elegant, soulful writing. 
She is an original, yet seemingly not very well known. I’m so happy I found her!