The Salt Path has been one of my favourite books and I haven’t seen the new movie yet - was looking forward to it though. Has anyone else just read the article on the news? In today’s Observer the front page is devoted to a piece of investigative journalism which has uncovered the backgrounds and histories of Raynor Wynn and Moth - and it turns out the book is all lies! (Allegedly as they haven’t commented). But the investigation is robust and they have documents and multiple witnesses showing that the cause of their financial woes was not a dodgy investment in a friends business, but theft, (Raynor allegedly embezzled tens of thousands from her employers) and that Raynor took an enormous loan from a family member to pay for solicitors to make a settlement and non-disclosure order with the people she stole from, and this was the debt that eventually got passed to debt collectors! They also set up a scam to raise money with a prize draw, the prize being the home that they didn’t actually own!
They also owned a farmhouse in France at the time of the walk which they went on because they had “nowhere to live”. On top of that the journalist casts doubt over Moth’s diagnosis with some neurological doctors sceptical about the symptoms and saying it doesn’t seem to be true given no-one has lived past 8 years with this condition but he is still going strong 14 years later.
I am in shock and so bloody gutted about this having loved the book! Raynor and Moth aren't even their real names - she’s called Sally Walker!! Has anyone else just read this?