Posted in News Cafe owner ‘felt sick’ after The Salt Path author ‘falsely portrayed her mother as a bully’ in best-selling book August 4, 2025 Joanna Cocking, 51, said that while the Porthmellin cafe – run by her mother – was not mentioned by name in The Salt Path, there is only one cafe in Mullion Cove. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14967997/Cafe-owner-Salt-Path-author-falsely-portrayed-mother-bully-book.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490