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The Wild Silence

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The incredible, Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade, The Salt Path.

Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth.

After walking 630 miles homeless along The Salt Path, the windswept and wild English coastline now feels like their home.

And despite Moth's terminal diagnosis, against all medical odds, he seems revitalized in nature - outside, they discover that anything is possible.

Now, life beyond The Salt Path awaits. As they return to four walls, the sense of home is illusive and returning to normality is proving difficult - until an incredible gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything:
A chance to breathe life back into a beautiful but neglected farmhouse nestled deep in the Cornish hills; rewilding the land and returning nature to its hedgerows becomes their new path.

Along the way, Raynor and Moth learn more about the land that envelopes them, find friends both new and old, and, of course, embark on another windswept adventure when the opportunity arises.

The Wild Silence is a luminous story of hope triumphing over despair, of the human spirit's instinctive connection to nature, and of lifelong love prevailing over everything.

© Raynor Winn 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

Heartening and comforting . . . The nature writing is beautiful and it is a thrill to read. You feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it
The Times
Raynor Winn has written a brilliant, powerful and touching account of her life before and after The Salt Path, which, like her astonishing debut, will connect with anyone who has triumphed over adversity
Stephen Moss, author and naturalist
A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing
Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Written in wise, unflinching, exquisite prose, this is a different kind of journey - into the past, into grief and also into Winn's search for connection. A spiritual journey instead of a physical one, and, for me at least, an even richer one
Rachel Joyce, author of Miss Benson's Beetle
Deeply personal and spiritual in its exploration of the healing qualities of nature . . . Winn's writing transforms her surroundings and her spirits, her joy coming across clearly in her shimmering prose
i
In this unflinching sequel to The Salt Path, nature provides solace against forebodings of mortality . . . there is a luminous conviction to the prose
Observer
To follow Raynor Winn on her songline back to Cornwall is to know how it feels to walk yourself into the land you love and find peace at the end of the journey
Brian Jackman, travel journalist for The Sunday Times
An uplifting, illuminating read
Daily Mirror
Winn's soul-baring honesty and beautifully remembered, touching conversations will take your breath away
BBC Countryfile
Notions of home are poignantly explored . . . Her evocations of weather, landscape, the sea and her love for her partner, Moth, who has an incurable neurodegenerative condition, are wonderful
Guardian
Author Raynor Winn
Narrator Raynor Winn
Duration 9 hours and 24 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405946063
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Agriculture and farming, Coping with illness and specific health conditions, Housing and homelessness, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Natural and wild gardening, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Walking, hiking, trekking
Availability AU, GB, IE

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