69 m. ago ‘The Salt Path’ author posts husband’s NHS letters after being accused of fabricating parts of book

Raynor Winn disputes article which cast doubt on her bestseller and condemns ‘heartbreaking’ accusations over Moth’s medical condition

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9 h. ago Raynor Winn condemns ‘heartbreaking’ claims that parts of ‘The Salt Path’ are false

Author disputes article that cast doubt on her bestseller and posts NHS letters to her husband

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10 h. ago The Salt Path author defends memoir amid 'vile' allegations elements of bestselling book were fabricated

Raynor Winn has described enduring some of the ‘hardest days’ of her life amid claims she misrepresented events detailed in the best-selling book

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13 h. ago The Salt Path author defends memoir against fabrication allegations

Raynor Winn describes enduring ‘hardest days’ and publishes clinic letters saying her husband, Moth, has been treated for CBD/S for many yearsRaynor Winn, the author of The Salt Path, has described enduring some of the “hardest days” of her life as she defended her memoir against allegations that parts of it were fabricated.The bestselling 2018 book, which was adapted into a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, tells how she and her husband, Moth, walked the 630-mile trek along the south-west coast path after losing their home. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago The Salt Path author Raynor Winn ADMITS 'deep regret' over mistakes relating to embezzlement allegations

In a bombshell statement, the best-selling writer claimed she was working during a 'pressured time' when errors were being made across the business.

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14 h. ago The Salt Path author Raynor Winn says she is 'devastated' by accusations her husband Moth's illness is fabricated after backlash

The Salt Path author Raynor Winn has been left 'devastated' by accusations that her husband's debilitating illness was fabricated.

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24 h. ago The Salt Path publishers issue statement about ‘due diligence’ after allegations of factual inaccuracies

Penguin publishing house said they had ‘not received any concerns’ about the book prior to it being published

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37 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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37 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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40 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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43 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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44 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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64 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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2 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 w. ago Ons Jabeur "learned a lot" from Tatjana Maria in London as she seeks Berlin's winning path

Ons Jabeur "learned a lot" from Tatjana Maria in London as she seeks Berlin's winning path  Tennis.com

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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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