GOOD BITS: At the heart of this book is a love story between Raynor and her husband, Moth. This is truly a brilliant book, which I’m giving four and a half stars, and I would recommend it to everybody. From homelessness to ageism to nature writing to the devastation of England’s coastal communities to personal resilience, this is a complex and well-rounded book about being knocked down and finding the strength to get up again. There is such stigma when someone does not have a house, but this book talks about the breadth and depth of why and how people end up with nowhere to live.
The most important thing (for me) is that it almost reads like a novel with a clear character arc and compelling central theme about what it means to be homeless. It was a heartfelt, beautifully written memoir that’s filled with descriptions of nature that make you run outdoors while reading it. RATING: This book made me cry several times within the first fifty pages, so you know that I loved it. Armed with a cheap tent, thin sleeping bags and hardly any money, they battle over cliffs and through coves while trying to figure out how to put their lives back together. Homeless, they decide to spend the summer walking along England’s coastline. As they pack up their belongings with nowhere to go, Moth is also diagnosed with a degenerative illness. Raynor and her husband, Moth, are in their fifties when they lose their beautiful farmhouse in Wales due to a legal battle.
THE PLOT: ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn is a memoir about a married couple who walk the arduous 630-mile South West Coastal Path.
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