![]() ![]() '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. Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) DOWNLOAD OPTIONS No suitable files to display here. 'I literally could not put this book down. 'The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home.but an identity long-since left behind'-Prologue - Remembering - Getting Lost - Survival. 'A remarkable story' Sydney Morning Herald Review ![]() 'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures. And how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination, a heap of good luck and the power of Google Earth, he found his way back home. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. A Long Way Home: A Memoir - Ebook written by Saroo Brierley. Saroo Brierley Lion: A Long Way Home Young Readers' Edition Kindle Edition by Saroo Brierley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 12,018 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.24 3 New from 19.24 Paperback from 11.76 2 Used from 11.76 11 New from 20. How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta. This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. until the day he boarded a train alone and got lost. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.įive-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later.Īs a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Īged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned.ĭiscover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. Brierley was born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. That story is being published in several languages around the world and is currently being adapted into a major feature film. ‘An incredible story of how one boy survived and prevailed through extreme circumstances to change his fortunes.NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a world away, his story made global headlines. ‘A remarkable story … provides an informative and fascinating insight into how Third World families live with, and somehow survive, their poverty.’ ‘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.’ ‘★★★★★ I literally could not put this book down … return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit.’ It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit – hope. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.Ī Long Way Home is a moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. ![]() ![]() He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia.ĭespite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. ![]()
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