3 h. ago The Salt Path author could face legal action from publisher if she misled readers over best

EXCLUSIVE: Raynor Winn has been accused of fabricating, or misleading readers, about some parts of her best-selling book including her husband Moth's battle with a degenerative illness.

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8 h. ago The Salt Path author is dropped by health charity over claims she misled readers

The PSPA said it was ‘shocked and disappointed to learn of the allegations made about Raynor and Moth Winn’

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9 h. ago How The Salt Path dissolved into allegations of lies, theft and betrayal

The bestselling memoir was hailed as a moving true story of love resilience and the healing power of nature. But now its author Raynor Winn faces extraordinary allegations – raising doubts over whether the heartwarming journey was too good to be true after all, writes Maira Butt

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11 h. ago The Salt Path is a box office hit. Will its takings – and its Oscar hopes – now fall off a cliff?

The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?On paper it has everything. A redemption-arc narrative about overcoming homelessness, adversity and illness. Two late-middle age lead characters that would appeal to the key silver-pound cinema-going demographic, as well as providing plum roles for top-notch British actors. A backdrop of glorious south coast scenery, as experienced through that most modish of contemporary activities: hiking.No wonder film-makers were champing at the bit to make a movie out of The Salt Path, the memoir by Raynor Winn published in 2018 – and so one duly emerged, starring Gillian Anderson as Winn and Jason Isaacs as her husband Moth, who was diagnosed with the incurable condition corticobasal degeneration (CBD). It was released in the UK in May, and was a verifiable hit, taking home £7.6m from the UK box office and becoming the third most succes...

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14 h. ago Whatever the truth of The Salt Path, I know why people wanted to believe it | Gaby Hinsliff

As questions are asked about the bestselling memoir, is the demand for hope-over-hardship stories outstripping reality?Was the story always, in hindsight, just a little too good to be true? A middle-aged couple, brutally down on their luck after bankruptcy and a terminal diagnosis, escape their troubles on an epic walk round the South West Coast Path, finding comfort along the way in the kindness of strangers. Billed as an “honest and life-affirming” story of prevailing against the odds, The Salt Path became first a bestseller and then a blockbuster film, starring a windswept Gillian Anderson. Though it was never really my thing, I knew plenty of people for whom The Salt Path genuinely resonated, with its romantic central theme of being (as the film’s director, Marianne Elliott, put it) “reformed by the elements” of a blustery English seascape.If it seemed a bit unlikely that a dying man could be rejuvenated by a strenuous trek involving wild camping in all weathers – well, getting ...

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15 h. ago The Salt Path author Raynor Winn dropped by charity amid lies and embezzlement claims

‘Too many questions remain unanswered,’ said the charity in a statement

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18 h. ago The Salt Path author is dropped by healthcare charity after claims about husband's illness and allegation she 'stole about £64,000 from a former employer'

PSPA said it was 'shocked and disappointed' about the allegations that have come to light against Raynor and Moth Winn saying it had 'taken everyone by surprise'.

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19 h. ago Salt Path author is dropped by healthcare charity after claims about husband's illness and allegation she 'stole about £64,000 from a former employer'

PSPA said it was 'shocked and disappointed' about the allegations that have come to light against Raynor and Moth Winn saying it had 'taken everyone by surprise'.

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35 h. ago The Salt Path author accused of embezzling money before losing house after failing to repay loan

Representatives for the couple at the centre of the story have called the accusations ‘misleading’

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41 h. ago The Salt Path author 'stole £64,000 before losing house after failing to pay off debt'

An investigation by the Observer has raised doubts about the best-selling memoir, which has has spawned a movie adaptation

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55 h. ago Couple whose memoir inspired hit film The Salt Path angrily deny claims their story of hope in the face of adversity may not be as 'unflinchingly honest' as initially billed

Her steely account of homelessness and hope in the face of adversity captivated more than two million readers worldwide and was adapted into a film with Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

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60 h. ago The real Salt Path revealed: How inspirational hit book and film 'hid tawdry real tale of a £64,000 embezzlement, police arrest and land owned in France'

An investigation has reportedly discovered that The Salt Path's protagonists, Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, are in fact Sally and Tim Walker and lost their home following theft accusation.

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2 w. ago Jason Isaacs hails success of The Salt Path amid film industry ‘terror’ over AI

The White Lotus and Harry Potter actor said that ‘with AI coming for everybody, the industry is full of terror’.

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4 w. ago The Salt Path author Raynor Winn discusses ‘powerful’ upcoming project in conversation with Matt Everitt

Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path, sits down with writer and presenter Matt Everitt to discuss the brand new movie adaptation of her award-winning novel and upcoming show Saltlines: An Immersive Portrait of the South West Coast Path in Prose and Music, as part of the first installment of The Independent’s Live series in collaboration with Latitude Festival.

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