The Salt Path (The Film)

Neither have I said I thought it was a good idea to go off walking with a sick husband except that doctors are now considering whether he is even sick at all ??

I have not read the book, but not mentioning their children does not mean that they were not in contact with them. It jsut means that the focus of the book was elsewhere. They could have been in constant contact with them, but, for the books structure and purpose left them out of it.

Film scripts always slim down and simplify books, they could not otherwise be filmed.

Yes I agree about being in contact with children, one of mine, late teens, went off to a music festival in Portugal, whilst we were simultaneously going⁷ to a hotel in Cornwall. I remember writing hotel phone number on a piece of paper....."just in case you lose your phone" "I won't! so I don't need your number" came the overly confident reply. Later that week, the phone was lost somewhere in a mosh pit, "wasn't it a good idea that we agreed you gave me your phone number at the hotel" said he after the event

Glad those days are over, I certainly felt the need to stay in touch with my nearly adult children back then if we were to be apart for a while.

I went away when my teenage daughter was waiting for her AS level results. I wasn't worried as she always did fantastically at school and I had visited the college who waxed lyrical about her academic achievements at parent's evening. Unfortunately, she did really badly for the first time in her life and I was hundreds of miles away. It was horrible for both of us. If I had my time over again, I'd have stayed home.

I know this thread was a while back, but as the film is now on prime, and most of the fuss has died down, I thought I'd give it a watch.
And to be honest, it's a lovely film! A render story.
I havent read the book, don't I tend to, but the acting in the film was brilliant, the scenery was awesome, and I think, if only she had written it was a fictional story not a real one, she would still be rolling in money and not have all the crap she's getting now.
My opinion.

She's rolling in the money anyway! The controversy put the book right back on the bestsellers list- I imagine being bought by people who hadn't read it when it first came out. Plus of course the film...

I saw a copy of her third book “Landlines” on the Aldi charity book stall today. I bought it thinking she wouldn’t get my money but a Teen Cancer charity would!

No doubt that will be a pack of lies too.