Author Raynor Winn has been accused of fabricating or giving misleading information about some elements of her best-selling book The Salt Path. The 2018 book, and recent film adaptation, told the story of a couple who decide to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their home is repossessed.
An investigation by the Observer suggested some of Winn’s claims about her husband’s illness and the events that led to the couple losing their home have been misrepresented. Winn has described the Observer article as “highly misleading” and said the couple are taking legal advice, adding that the book was “the true story of our journey”.
The Salt Path has sold more than two million copies since its publication in March 2018, and a film adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs was released earlier this year. In the book, Winn said she and her husband Moth lost a substantial sum of money after making a bad investment in a friend’s business, which left them liable for his debts when the company failed.
However, the Observer’s investigation claims the couple lost their home in North Wales after Winn defrauded her employer of £64,000, and not in a bad business deal as she originally suggested. The couple reportedly borrowed £100,000 with 18% interest, secured against their house, from a distant relative, in order to repay the money she had been accused of stealing.
The couple’s home was then reportedly repossessed after the relative sued them to recover the money. The Observer also said it had spoken to medical experts who said it was unlikely Moth had corticobasal degeneration (CBD), given his long survival after diagnosis. It also reports that Raynor and Moth Winn are not the couple’s real names.
Winn has responded to the allegations, stating that the Observer article is “highly misleading” and that they are taking legal advice. She maintained that the book is the true story of their journey, which transformed them completely and altered the course of their lives.
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