It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. For twenty-five years.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. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Prologue - Remembering - Getting Lost - Survival - Salvation - A New Life - My Mum's Journey - Growing Up - Resuming the Search - Finding. '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'. 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. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. 255 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : 24 cm. 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. 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. “So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction.” –Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)Īt only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. 'The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home. A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley 62,252 ratings, 4.11 average rating, 5,120 reviews Open Preview A Long Way Home Quotes Showing 1-29 of 29 My mother described her reactions better than I ever could mine: she said she was 'surprised with thunder' that her boy had come back, and that the happiness in her heart was 'as deep as the sea'. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm. JohnManaging Expectations - Minnie DriverA Long Way Home, A Memoir - Saroo BrierleyPlaying Beatie Bow - Ruth ParkYour Own Kind of Girl. Removed Tts_version 4.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, this #1 international best-seller tells 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. 1 volume 20 cm The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. OL17853175W Page_number_confidence 92.99 Pages 310 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200619152601 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 541 Scandate 20200615074817 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780425276198 Source Urn:lcp:longwayhome0000brie:lcpdf:9277d005-4fe4-44d4-8065-a1dfe11f9ebf A Long Way Home ebook By Saroo Brierley Format ebook ISBN 9781405912938 Author Saroo Brierley Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Release 11 September 2014 Subjects Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:02:03 Associated-names Buttrose, Larry, 1952- Boxid IA1847313 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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