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    onlyplanz_80y6mtBy onlyplanz_80y6mtJuly 9, 2025No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Publishing home Penguin has mentioned it “undertook all the required due diligence” earlier than releasing The Salt Path, after a sequence of claims concerning the guide’s veracity.A latest Observer investigation claimed English writer Raynor Winn fabricated or gave deceptive details about some parts of her 2018 non-fiction best-seller.Penguin Michael Joseph mentioned it had not obtained any considerations concerning the guide’s content material previous to the Observer’s story, and that it had a contract with Winn relating to factual accuracy.Winn has described the Observer’s article as “extremely deceptive” and mentioned the couple are taking authorized recommendation, including that the guide was “the true story of our journey”.The Salt Path, and its latest movie adaptation, instructed the story of a pair who resolve to stroll the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their house is repossessed.The Observer alleged Winn had misrepresented the occasions that led to the couple dropping their house.Fairly than dropping cash in a nasty enterprise deal, because the guide described, the newspaper mentioned the couple had misplaced their house after Winn had defrauded her employer of of £64,000.In response to the Observer, the couple borrowed £100,000 to pay again the cash Winn had been accused of stealing, and it was when this mortgage was known as in that their house was repossessed.It additionally mentioned it had spoken to medical consultants who have been sceptical about her husband Moth having corticobasal degeneration (CBD) as she described within the guide, given his lengthy survival after prognosis, lack of acute signs and his obvious capacity to reverse them.In an announcement issued to BBC Information, the writer mentioned: “Penguin (Michael Joseph) revealed the Salt Path in 2018 and, like many readers, we have been moved and impressed by Raynor’s story and its message of hope.”Penguin undertook all the required pre-publication due diligence, together with a contract with an writer guarantee about factual accuracy, and a authorized learn, as is customary with most works of non-fiction.”A authorized learn means the guide would have been appeared over by a lawyer earlier than its publication.”Previous to the Observer enquiry, we had not obtained any considerations concerning the guide’s content material,” the writer added.In her assertion launched earlier this week, Winn mentioned: “[Sunday’s] Observer article is very deceptive.”We’re taking authorized recommendation and will not be making any additional remark right now.”The assertion continued: “The Salt Path lays naked the bodily and religious journey Moth and I shared, an expertise that remodeled us utterly and altered the course of our lives.”That is the true story of our journey.”The Salt Path has bought greater than two million copies since its publication in March 2018, and a movie adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs was launched earlier this 12 months.A spokeswoman for Quantity 9 Movies and Shadowplay Options, who made the display adaptation, mentioned in an announcement on Monday: “There have been no identified claims towards the guide on the time of optioning it or producing and distributing the movie.”Their assertion known as the film “a devoted adaptation of the guide that we optioned”, including, “we undertook all needed due diligence earlier than buying the guide”.”The allegations made in The Observer relate to the guide and are a matter for the writer Raynor Winn,” it concluded. “We have now handed any correspondence referring to the article to Raynor and her agent.”The movie adaptation has taken round $16m (£11.7m) on the field workplace worldwide. The film is but to launch in Germany and France, whereas a deal is reportedly nonetheless pending within the US, based on Deadline.After the Observer’s article was revealed, the charity PSPA, which helps folks with CBD and has labored with Raynor and Moth Winn, mentioned “too many questions at the moment stay unanswered” and that it had “made the choice to terminate our relationship with the household”.Winn has additionally withdrawn from the forthcoming Saltlines tour, which might have seen her carry out readings alongside people music act Gigspanner Huge Band throughout a string of UK dates.A press release from Winn’s authorized crew mentioned the writer was “deeply sorry to let down those that have been planning to attend the Saltlines tour, however whereas this course of is ongoing, she shall be unable to participate”.

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