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Raynor Winn, author of bestselling memoir The Salt Path – also a film starring Gillian Anderson – has been accused of deception in her story of hardship and healing. In Winn’s account, after their “forever home” is dispossessed, she and her partner, Moth (who faces a terminal diagnosis) decide to…

The PSPA said it was ‘shocked and disappointed to learn of the allegations made about Raynor and Moth Winn’

The bestselling memoir was hailed as a moving true story of love resilience and the healing power of nature. But now its author Raynor Winn faces extraordinary allegations – raising doubts over whether the heartwarming journey was too good to be true after all, writes Maira Butt

The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?

As questions are asked about the bestselling memoir, is the demand for hope-over-hardship stories outstripping reality, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Raynor Winn faces claims of embezzlement and exaggeration in her bestselling memoir, The Salt Path. Fans are heartbroken—was it all a lie? Read the full story.

‘Too many questions remain unanswered,’ said the charity in a statement

Raynor Winn is claimed to have taken ‘around £64,000’ from a former employer and lied about being homeless – accusations that Winn calls ‘highly misleading’

Representatives for the couple at the centre of the story have called the accusations ‘misleading’

An investigation by the Observer has raised doubts about the best-selling memoir, which has has spawned a movie adaptation

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