"Landlines is both an inspiring testament to fortitude and a plea to save a burning planet. Winn fills her work with rich metaphors drawn from the natural world.”

– The Washington Post

"Along with her terminally ill husband, Winn undertook a 1,000-mile walk through Britain, a demanding yet ultimately fulfilling journey, lyrically recounted by a captivating writer."

– PEOPLE Magazine, Best Books of Fall 2023

“Raynor Winn is a master of writing about nature and grief. A gripping story about a search for home, resilience and emotion, all the while in conversation with the sea.” - The Guardian

“Winn writes with great humor, reflection and generosity.”

– Salon

“Inspiring. The narrative is so vividly drawn and emotionally resonant that most readers will come to feel like one of the family, sharing their pain and uncertainty and eventual triumph. This is an unforgettable story about fragility girded by resolve and the courage to keep going, even if it’s just that one more step, and to hold fast to hope. Winn exudes the soul of a poet and the grit of a survivor.”

– Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Hope and determination in the face of all odds drive this engrossing book. Readers who have undertaken caretaking responsibilities for loved ones will find much to relate to in this honest depiction.”

– Library Journal

"Winn's chronicle is filled with beauty, humor and surprises. Glorious landscape a given, the loveliest scenery is the pair themselves, their affection and easy camaraderie treasures to behold."

– Shelf Awareness

"Readers are immersed in a grueling and transformative adventure. Like the Winns, one feels 'salted' by the experience, however vicariously, drawn to the edge in defiance of fate and in search of a new life. They found it as well as a measure of acceptance, and their story is indelibly told.”

– Kirkus Reviews

Praise for The Salt Path and The Wild Silence:

"A remarkable and redemptive journey." - Financial Times

"Winn’s prose is powerful. She excels at description, and her apt metaphors are rooted in nature… an inspiring read, reminding us that there is salvation in nature, movement and the out-of-doors."

– Minneapolis Star Tribune

"The book is full of such precise and engaging descriptions of deer, badgers, gulls, eagles and curlews. Recognizing her place in the natural world helps Winn to come to terms with mortality [and] that humans are part of the natural cycle of life, death and renewal offers Winn reassurance.”

– The New York Times Book Review

“Heartfelt and heartening. A full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all its glory, fury and impermanence.”

– The Wall Street Journal

"Readers will delight in Winn's account here of falling in love with Moth. A must-read for lovers of [The Salt Path]; fans of nature writing should also check this out."

– Booklist

"Winn’s writing beautifully evokes the natural world, whether she is describing a doe rummaging in an orchard or her innermost conflicted feelings. This is a perfect 'what happened next’ memoir."

– Library Journal

"A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing." - Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

"A thrill to read. The nature writing is beautiful, heartening and comforting. You feel the world is a better place."

– The Times (London)

"Landlines is both an inspiring testament to fortitude and a plea to save a burning planet. Winn fills her work with rich metaphors drawn from the natural world.”

– The Washington Post