The Salt Path

This uplifting true story follows a couple who lose everything and embark on a 630-mile journey along the windswept South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall. Just days after Raynor learns that her husband Moth is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. Carrying only the essentials for survival, they live wild among cliffs, sea and sky, facing hardship and unexpected encounters along the way. Their walk becomes a remarkable journey of coming to terms with grief and discovering the healing power of the natural world. The Salt Path is also a story about home, and how it can be lost, rebuilt and rediscovered in unexpected ways. The book has been named among the Guardians Best Books of Summer, won the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize and was shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award and the 2018 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize.