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The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of `The Salt Path`
Shortlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing`The Wild Silence`, the incredible follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade – the phenomenon and The Sunday Times bestselling `The Salt Path`.”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`”`The Wild Silence` confirms Raynor as a natural and extremely talented writer with an incredible way with words. This books gives us all what we wanted to know at the end of `The Salt Path` which is what happened next. So moving, it made me cry… repeatedly” Sophie Raworth, BBCNature 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.