Chloe Hadjimatheou

The editor was Jasper Corbett.

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In early 2025, a member of the public sent me a tip-off that the best-selling author of The Salt Path, Raina Wynne, wasn't exactly who she said she was.

Her memoirs about her and her husband, Moth, told the life-affirming story of walking to wellness, and the books were a literary phenomenon.

They sold millions worldwide.

Can I welcome to the stage Raina Wynne?

So please, everyone, give another warm welcome to Raina Wynne.

Year after year, the Salt Pass success has grown.

The couple have become national treasures and Raina Wynne's written two sequels.

Spent more than 90 weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller lists.

The thing that had made so many people around the world fall in love with this story was that this couple, battered by bad luck, had survived so much through their own grit and determination.

I think you've helped a lot of people in terms of having hope.

But the real gift is this book.

It will change your life.

Then, last year, the book was turned into a Hollywood film.

Homeless, actually.

We lost everything.

But I had so many questions about what was and wasn't true.

Were Rainer and Moth really homeless?