Saroo Brierley (born 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman who, at. Born into an impoverished family in a rural village in India, Saroo went missing at age five. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Saroo Brierley’s memoir, A Long Way Home, was the basis for the 2014 Academy Award nominated film, Lion, that featured much-praised performances by Dev Patel as Saroo and Nicole Kidman as his mother by adoption, Sue Brierly. 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. Miraculously, after ending up in Calcutta (Now Kolkata) he was. 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. 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. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a. He couldn’t read, write, or even recall the name of his hometownor his own last name. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of. The book recounts for us the tale of how, as a five year old, poor, malnourished boy, he got separated from his older brother during a layover at a train station in a town that was not his own. At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train. 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. A Long Way Home is the incredible memoir of Saroo Brierley’s very uncommon life story. Order a Lion: A Long Way Home today from WHSmith. 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.ĭespite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Slight signs of wear around dustjacket edges, otherwise good secondhand copy.Īt only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. In a book called A Long Way Home, written by Saroo Brierley, imagery and internal conflict are used to portray how ones perseverance contributes to the.
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