The Salt Path The 85-Week Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author

Bring nature into your home with the inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world in one of the most talked about books of the decadeFROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'This is what you need right now to muster hope and resilience . . . a beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity' Stylist'A beautiful book it really lives up to the hype . . . an enjoyable gentle yet moving read' Pandora Sykes on The High Low_________Just days after Raynor learns that Moth her husband of 32 years is terminally ill their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset via Devon and Cornwall.Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs they live wild in the ancient weathered landscape of cliffs sea and sky. Yet through every step every encounter and every test along the way their walk becomes a remarkable journey.The Salt Path is an honest and life-affirming true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world. Ultimately it is a portrayal of home and how it can be lost rebuilt and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways._________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY LITERATURE CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD & WAINWRIGHT GOLDEN BEER BOOK PRIZE 2018GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER'A beautiful thoughtful lyrical story of homelessness human strength and endurance' Guardian'Mesmerising. It is one of the most uplifting inspiring books that I've ever read' i'The most inspirational book of this year' The Times|Since travelling the South West Coastal Path Raynor Winn has become a regular long-distance walker and writes about nature homelessness and wild camping. She lives in Cornwall. This is her first book.|A beautiful thoughtful lyrical story of homelessness human strength and endurance|An astonishing narrative of two people dragging themselves from the depths of despair along some of the most dramatic landscapes in the country looking for a solution to their problems and ultimately finding themselves.|A gem of a book|This is what you need to read right now to muster hope and resilience. A beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity|Ray's account of their incredible journey is a tale of triumph of hope over despair|The landscape is magical shape-shifting seas and smugglers' coves; myriad sea birds and mauve skies . . . It's a tale of triumph: of hope over despair; of love over everything . . . home was no longer about bricks and mortar. It was a state of mind|An inspirational nature memoir for fans of H is for Hawk about losing everything and finding yourself between the elements of sea and sky|The Salt Path is a life-affirming tale of enduring love that smells of the sea and tastes of a rich life. With beautiful immersive writing it is a story heart-achingly and beautifully told.|The most inspirational book of this year . . . In some ways The Salt Path reads like the ultimate drop-out odyssey except that this journey isn't a life choice . . . What the book chiefly conveys is the human capacity for endurance and the regenerative power of nature . . . The Salt Path also serves as a reminder that Britain is a land criss-crossed by footpaths and that we take this 140000-mile national glory for granted at our peril . . . The Salt Path has reminded me to scrape last year's mud from my walking boots and get rambling again. I hope it has the same impact on millions of others.|Moving and beautifully evocative|Uplifting and inspirational|An exquisite piece of writing|A remarkable and redemptive journey|This beautiful meditative book should give us all a sense of our possible braveries: offering us an answer to the what if? questions - what if we lost absolutely everything what would we do? . . . An extraordinary testament to love hope and resilience.|A fabulous read inspiring and life-affirming. If you're not already walking the coastal path this book will make you want to set-off immediately. It is a hymn to the power of love sear-air and the natural beauty of Cornwall to heal and nurture. It's an absolute joy|What an absolutely glorious and moving book. It deserves all its praise!|A triumph of love and hope and giving oneself up to the healing power of nature. Beautifully written with vivid imagery what a heart-warming and glorious read|You lost me a whole night's work. This is a great read.|A beautiful ode to how nature can soothe and inspire hope with every step . . . this book is really special|Mesmerising. It is one of the most uplifting inspiring books that I've ever read|Filled with wry humour this is a wonderfully uplifting and touching book|This is a wonderful heart-gladdening life-affirming read. It will make you want to walk. What a gem.|Luminescent. A literary phenomenon|Utterly inspirational|The Salt Path broke my heart and put it back together again over and over. Beautiful writing and such a sharp eye - both for nature and for people. It's hopeful and sad and honest and I LOVED it.|Harnesses the wildness of rock sky and coastal walking in life-affirming prose|Radiant soaring heartstring-tugging|A remarkable account of the healing power of landscape and the resilience of the human spirit. I felt the rain on my face and heard the waves pounding on the sand.|Inspirational|The Salt Path pummelled me like Atlantic winds. It carried me along on a rain-soaked sun-burnt despair-infused hope-driven walk. The writing is at times raw poetic funny shocking. It is consistently honest vulnerable clear. I finished the book reminded of the importance of really hearing people's stories of the healing power of the natural world and of our individual and collective now.|A thoughtful lyrical story of homelessness strength and endurance|A moving true story|By turns inspirational and horrifying . . . [Winn] writes with a detail and a joy that tugs at the reader lifting this beyond a mere travel memoir and all the privations and hardship to be something truly meaningful|Beautiful sad erudite and uplifting|An uplifting tale|Vivid . . .This is a book essentially about hope but also about sheer gritty determination not to give in to survive extreme discomfort danger and sometimes disillusionment|An inspirational true story|It's a heart-warming heart-wrenching story told by Raynor in vivid yet plain prose. There are so many wonderful passages|Raynor's writing is beautiful. It's a heart-wrenching read at times but you won't be able to put it down|We walk with Ray and Moth every step of the way sharing the hunger exhaustion blazing heat and freezing rain in an account that is both lyrical and inspirational|An extraordinary memoir - moving funny and uplifting|An inspirational and lyrically observed memoir on the regenerative power of walking in nature as well as a reminder that material things are much less important than we sometimes think. If you love the landscape of the British coastline and are drawn to the philosophies of mindfulness and minimalism this is a moving and reflective book to read during a break from your everyday life|Raynor Winn's glorious memoir tells the real-life story of her hike along the South West Coast Path which she embarked upon with her husband after they lost their home. It's raw yet uplifting - and guaranteed to inspire your next adventure|A thoughtful reflection on ageing and infirmity home and homelessness hope and survival|A life-affirming story that examines grief and the power of nature|Poignant . . . It's far from a book without hope and you'll be with Raynor and Moth every step of their walk along the South West Coast Path|A heart-wrenching inspiring tale of one couple's enduring love for each other in the face of calamity and of their accidental odyssey along England's South West Coast Path|A love story of resilience and optimism brimming with heart and humanity|A gripping domestic disaster story turned celebration of survival|A true story of hope in a dire situation|Bring nature into your home with the inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world in one of the most talked about books of the decadeFROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'This is what you need right now to muster hope and resilience . . . a beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity' Stylist'A beautiful book it really lives up to the hype . . . an enjoyable gentle yet moving read' Pandora Sykes on The High Low_________Just days after Raynor learns that Moth her husband of 32 years is terminally ill their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset via Devon and Cornwall.Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs they live wild in the ancient weathered landscape of cliffs sea and sky. Yet through every step every encounter and every test along the way their walk becomes a remarkable journey.The Salt Path is an honest and life-affirming true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world. Ultimately it is a portrayal of home and how it can be lost rebuilt and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways._________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY LITERATURE CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD & WAINWRIGHT GOLDEN BEER BOOK PRIZE 2018GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER'A beautiful thoughtful lyrical story of homelessness human strength and endurance' Guardian'Mesmerising. It is one of the most uplifting inspiring books that I've ever read' i'The most inspirational book of this year' The Times'Luminescent. A literary phenomenon' Mail on Sunday