"We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account.With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo.recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation."- Weekly Review (Australia)Ībout the Author Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father. return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit."- Manly Daily (Australia) The young readers edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham. "I literally could not put this book down. "A remarkable story."- Sydney Morning Herald Review
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"So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction."- Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.Ī Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called home, and pore over satellite images for landmarks he might recognize or mathematical equations that might further narrow down the labyrinthine map of India. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. The woman says they don’t live there anymore. A young woman appears out of the next house to help, and Saroo begins to list the people who lived in the house. He’s in shock: the tiny house is clearly abandoned. At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. A Long Way Home Summary Next Prologue As an adult, Saroo stands in front of his childhood home in India. This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again. Now it's Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara-nominated for six Academy Awards! Then it became the New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Although he was happy with his new life, Saroo often.
Saroo survived on the streets for weeks before being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. He couldn’t read, write, or even recall the name of his hometownor his own last name. About the Book "Soon to be the major motion picture Lion"-Cover.īook Synopsis First it was a media sensation. At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India.
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