After reading 'The Salt Path' I was anxious to read 'The Wild Silence' and I wasn't disappointed. This book is even better, I think, because now Raynor Winn fully explores and demonstrates her gift as a writer. The parts about the fatal illness and death of her mother are really moving. She writes about the English fauna and flora in poetic and beautiful English and I really enjoyed that. Their struggle to make an old Cornish farm into a new home is well-rendered and you can't but sympathize wit...

If not for Jovana - buddy extraordinaire - I would’ve forgotten all about this book AND I would’ve stopped after 50 pages or so. Nice to notice we struggled with the same issues regarding this book. The last 50 pages or so aaaaalmost made me forget my initial resistance, but I can’t go over two stars. The word combo ‘wild silence’/‘wilde stilte’ makes me itch, whereas my mouth goes ‘tsk’ and a heavy sigh escapes me. I’d rather hike myself. Don’t believe the hype!

The second from raynor winn and would most definalty recommed the first too! There has been a growth from this writter from her first book that you can tell from reading this. Her sytle and imagery has expanded and this book like her last is a credit to her. Beautiful heartfelt story of life, struggle, love and strength. A pleasure to read and cant wait for her next book.

I read The Salt Path last year and loved it, I was hopeful for this follow up but also worried that it wouldn’t live up to the first book. I needn’t have worried, this book definitely equals it. It is the next chapter in the lives of Moth and Raynor and sees them taking on many new challenges and adventures.It takes you to magical places. The writing is beautiful and really captures the essence of being at one with nature. I can imagine the landscapes and places as if I were there myself, the sm...

I looked forward to The Wild Silence after the very enjoyable Salt Path but was sadly disappointed. I so wanted to follow Ray and Moth’s continued journey at the Polruan Chapel, their new community involvement and his Falmouth University experiences which was lacking. It was sad to hear Ray’s difficult experiences with her mums health and even her unhappy childhood. Their undoubted progress on the farm project was underplayed and dealing with day to day issues including renovation and even cider...

After reading and enjoying ‘The Salt Path’ I was extremely happy to be given the opportunity to read more about Raynor and Moth’s life. ‘The Wild Silence’ does not disappoint, it is a beautifully written account of their journey both physically and emotionally. In places it is an incredibly sad story but also very illuminating and uplifting. Raynor’s writing is beautiful and she brings the outdoors to life with her words. Many thanks to the publisher for giving me the pleasure of reading a revie...

Not as good as The Salt Path. Rather jumbled and episodic. Still worth reading.

This is the follow up, the what happens next to Raynor and Moth Winn after the completion of their mammoth coastal walk described in the stunning ‘Salt Path’ which was one of my favourite books of 2018. Moth has CBD (Corticobasal Degeneration) which through their walking he has miraculously held at bay. They are now in Polruan in Cornwall but there is change afoot and an arduous walk in Iceland to undertake with fellow walkers and friends Dave and Julie. Raynor is the most wonderful storyteller,...

Oh bugger. I hate having to write a somewhat negative review when I really admire the writer and their previous work. The Salt Path for me was an amazing book, I could have read it over and over, it was so sublime. I pre-ordered The Wild Silence back last year and have been patiently waiting to read the paperback ........I was so so disappointed, gutted in fact. First, the positives, just so I don't feel as though I'm tearing Raynor Winn's work to bits. The positives:-The love between Raynor and...

A pleasant enough jumble of meeting Moth for the first time and their early travels together, her childhood, her mother’s death, coming back from the South West Coast Path and writing her first book in a chapel in Cornwall, the publication process and reception of The Salt Path (which she’d originally titled Lightly Salted Blackberries!), embarking on rewilding a patch of farmland for a landowner who’d read her book and was sure she and Moth were the right people to achieve his vision for the pl...

I just love Raynor Winn's writing, this was equally as good as The Salt Path. It tells of their early lives and their lives since the first book was published. Her writing is so descriptive but so calming and serene, it makes me feel the same way. Such inspirational people.

I liked this but didn’t love it. Raynor Winn can clearly write and her prose is beautiful and evocative, the story just seemed a little confused. The whole book had the feeling of only being written to follow up on the (well deserved) success of The Salt Path.

In The Wild Silence, Raynor Winn recounts how the writing of The Salt Path came about, namely her growing realization that Moth had no memory of certain events during their time on the South West Coast Path. “He had let go of a moment that hung so brightly on my tree of memory that I could find its glow in any dark place. But for him the light had dimmed and gone.” She decides to transfer the pencilled notes from their trusty guidebook into a more readable form. “If the guidebook could put me on...

Oh how I love these books ❤️ I listened to the audio version of both “The Salt Path” and this one and they are such special listening experiences. If you do audio, I highly recommend this format! And yes, you 100% have to experience “The Salt Path” first. These memoirs are thought provoking and heart tugging and hit me hard on the topics of homelessness, the power of nature, and marriage.

The sequel memoir to The Salt Path, which I loved. The same sensory description of nature is here, but without an overarching "journey" such as walking the SW Coast Path. Instead, this is a book of constant returning. So, interwoven in the narrative of trying to find a home after being homeless, of dealing with her husband's degeneration, and her mother's death, Raynor Winn writes about the sudden tangents that life has taken (such as becoming an international bestseller), interweaving the stron...

My thanks to Netgalley and to Penguin Books for the opportunity to read and review this book. The Wild Silence picks up the story of Ray and Moth where The Salt Path left them, but now Ray is able to reflect back upon key events in her past, her childhood and especially the death of her mother. She links these memories to her relationship with the natural world and moves on to explore the nature of her understanding of the degenerative illness afflicting Moth and how his relationship with the na...