The Salt Path by Raynor Winn - Sunday Times Bestselling Memoir - Paperback - True Story of Grief, Homelessness and the South West Coast Path

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781405937184 Publisher: Michael Joseph (Penguin Books Ltd) Overview: The Salt Path is Raynor Winn's Sunday Times bestselling memoir, a true story of grief, homelessness and the restorative power of the natural world. Days after learning her husband Moth is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and livelihood, and choose to walk all 630 miles of the South West Coast Path with almost nothing. Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize and shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and Costa Biography Award, it is a moving portrait of endurance, love and what "home" really means, now also a major film. About the Book: Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth, her husband of thirty-two years, is terminally ill, the couple are handed a second devastating blow: their home and livelihood are taken from them following a legal dispute. With nowhere to live and next to no money, they make an impulsive but courageous decision — to walk the entire 630-mile South West Coast Path, from Somerset through Devon and Cornwall to Dorset, carrying only the barest essentials on their backs. What follows is an account of a couple living wild on Britain's most dramatic coastline, sleeping in a small tent, surviving on tinned food and the kindness of strangers, and rediscovering each other one mile at a time. Winn's prose is spare, tactile and deeply observant, capturing the textures of sea spray, gorse and shale alongside raw human emotion. As the miles accumulate, so does a hard-won resilience: Moth's health appears to steady with every step, and the couple begin to reimagine what home might mean once everything else has been stripped away. Blending nature writing, memoir and unflinching honesty about poverty and illness, The Salt Path has resonated with millions of readers, spawning two further bestselling books and a celebrated film adaptation. Key Benefits: Sunday Times bestseller with over two million copies sold