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libraryladyjess's review against another edition
5.0
A great sequel/epilogue to the Salt Path! I enjoyed your Icelandic adventure, happy to be on the path with you once more. Since reading your last book I have been diagnosed with a chronic illness, thanks to Covid, and reading this took on a new meaning. I will probably go back and re-read the Salt Path, getting my courage to tackle my own path and everything that may come. Thank you for sharing your life with me.
halfmanhalfbook's review against another edition
4.0
This is Raynor Winn’s follow-up book to the very successful Salt Path, the story of Moth, her husband being diagnosed with a terminal illness and them both losing absolutely everything. They set off to walk the South West Coast Path and discover the beauty of this coastline and their own natural resilience to the hardships of life.
This book covers the time before and after that book was printed and the changes that its success gave to their lives and the opportunities that they had because of it. So much so that one person who read it gave them the chance to move to a farm for reasonable rent with the promise that they would bring wildlife back to the fields and hedgerows.
I thought that this book neatly filled in the details of their lives before and after they completed the walk on the path to the publication of the book. Winn has a way with words, that makes this really easy to read. I did like this a lot, but for me, The Salt Path had the edge on this. I thought that she might have mentioned being shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, the first and only time I have had the pleasure of meeting her and Moth. It is much more of a memoir than a nature book but that outlook on the natural world permeates throughout the book. I did think that the walk through Iceland didn’t quite fit with the rest of the book, that said I get why she included it, as it is relevant to Moth’s health.
This book covers the time before and after that book was printed and the changes that its success gave to their lives and the opportunities that they had because of it. So much so that one person who read it gave them the chance to move to a farm for reasonable rent with the promise that they would bring wildlife back to the fields and hedgerows.
I thought that this book neatly filled in the details of their lives before and after they completed the walk on the path to the publication of the book. Winn has a way with words, that makes this really easy to read. I did like this a lot, but for me, The Salt Path had the edge on this. I thought that she might have mentioned being shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, the first and only time I have had the pleasure of meeting her and Moth. It is much more of a memoir than a nature book but that outlook on the natural world permeates throughout the book. I did think that the walk through Iceland didn’t quite fit with the rest of the book, that said I get why she included it, as it is relevant to Moth’s health.
dreaj's review against another edition
3.0
Read for 52 Book Club Challenge 2024 #51 Related to the word “Wild”.
I really enjoyed The Salt Path but found this sequel a more episodic narrative - it didn't hang together quite so well. The book follows Ray and Moth's life after walking the South Coast Path from living in a rented chapel to rewilding a farm and then walking in Iceland. On the positive side, Ray does write beautifully about nature - she is quite poetic - and she is insightful about the difficulties of learning to trust again after trauma. The love and trust between her and Moth is very poignant - I find myself worrying about him and hoping he is okay. It must be difficult to live with a progressive disease that gradually robs you of yourself. I liked the idea that Ray writes as a way of capturing moments in time for Moth. As a published work though, it perhaps could have done with a little more cohesion and purpose. I would also have been really interested to hear more about what they actually did to rewild the farm.
I really enjoyed The Salt Path but found this sequel a more episodic narrative - it didn't hang together quite so well. The book follows Ray and Moth's life after walking the South Coast Path from living in a rented chapel to rewilding a farm and then walking in Iceland. On the positive side, Ray does write beautifully about nature - she is quite poetic - and she is insightful about the difficulties of learning to trust again after trauma. The love and trust between her and Moth is very poignant - I find myself worrying about him and hoping he is okay. It must be difficult to live with a progressive disease that gradually robs you of yourself. I liked the idea that Ray writes as a way of capturing moments in time for Moth. As a published work though, it perhaps could have done with a little more cohesion and purpose. I would also have been really interested to hear more about what they actually did to rewild the farm.
andyist's review against another edition
4.0
Two thirds good. I struggled to stay engaged in the early stages, while I understood its merit, I found myself close to leaving the book behind. That said, I was glad to have stuck with it and enjoyed a fulfilling read.
capitaltea's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
luciajane's review against another edition
4.0
Quotes:
“All that was left was the roaring, wild silence of an empty land without vegetation or animal life. A heaving, crashing chasm of noise and movement, overlaid by a veneer of stillness.
The earth beneath our feet has no need of humanity. It exist in a state of fixed impermanence, a volcanic equilibrium of rock and ash in constant realignment.”
“But Moth’s hand was still in mine and as the light wrapped us in curtains of infinity I held it just a little less tightly. Whatever was lost or found in life he would always be a part of this. A part of the charged movement of molecules from the earth to the universe. He would never leave.”
“All that was left was the roaring, wild silence of an empty land without vegetation or animal life. A heaving, crashing chasm of noise and movement, overlaid by a veneer of stillness.
The earth beneath our feet has no need of humanity. It exist in a state of fixed impermanence, a volcanic equilibrium of rock and ash in constant realignment.”
“But Moth’s hand was still in mine and as the light wrapped us in curtains of infinity I held it just a little less tightly. Whatever was lost or found in life he would always be a part of this. A part of the charged movement of molecules from the earth to the universe. He would never leave.”
allirand's review against another edition
5.0
A brave journey into the unknown territories of illness, wilderness, discomfort and happiness all at the same time. The antidote to either/or and the dawning awareness of both/and.