A cafe owner has claimed she 'felt sick' after discovering The Salt Path author Raynor Winn had depicted her mother as a bully in the hit memoir.
Joanna Cocking, 51, said that while the Porthmellin cafe - run by her mother - was not mentioned by name in the book, there is only one cafe in Mullion Cove.
The 2018 memoir, which has been turned into a film, was presented by Winn as a true story about her life, but is under intense scrutiny amid claims of omissions and exaggerations.
Upon reading a portrayal of her family business in the book, Ms Cocking told The Observer: 'When I got sent the bit of the book that we were in, I just felt sick. I just wanted to write to the publisher and say: ''You can't write this.'''
She added that at first she thought it must be some sort of mistake, but concluded the extract must be about her mother due to no other cafes existing in the area.
