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‘Salt Path’ Controversy and Author Raynor Winn’s Response: Us Explains


The 'Salt Path' controversy deepens as Raynor Winn responds to allegations about her memoir’s accuracy and financial disputes with a former employer

Faced with losing their dream home and Moth’s declining health, the Winns chose to walk the 630-mile South West footpath, living off the meager tax credits they earned every week. Winn wrote in her Salt Path follow-up book, Landlines, that recent brain scans have shown “a distinct reduction in [Moth’s] receptor cells,” yet he registered “a normal reading” after undertaking another long-distance walking trip. As for the loss of her home, Raynor said the foreclosure was indeed the result of a failed business loan with the “lifetime friend” she refers to as “Cooper.” She called the accusation that the Winns used “pseudonyms” to avoid debts “particularly surprising.”

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