A Long Way Home

Lion

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . 
 
Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. 
 
 Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later. 
 
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 As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. 
 
 Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings... until the day he boarded a train alone and got lost. For twenty-five years. 
 
 This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. 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. 
 
 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. 
 
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 'Amazing stuff' The New York Post 
 
 'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) 
 
 'A remarkable story' Sydney Morning Herald Review 
 
 'I literally could not put this book down. Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) 
 
 '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)

Saroo Brierley is an India-born Australian businessman. He grew up with an adopted family in Tasmania, Australia.

Aged just five, Saroo Brierley was separated from his family in India when he boarded a train that took him 1500km from his hometown. After weeks surviving alone on the streets of Calcutta, he was eventually adopted by an Australian couple. 
 
As an adult, Saroo couldn't help but think about the family he'd lost. Years later, he swapped the map of India on his wall for Google Earth, scouring it for landmarks he knew from his childhood. One day, he saw something he recognised, and he set off on a journey to find his mother...

Saroo Brierley

Abridged Edition

In this story, five-year-old Saroo gets on the wrong train in India and is taken thousands of miles to the city of Kolkata. After months of living on the streets, he is adopted by a family in Australia. Many years later, Saroo decides to try and find his Indian family. 
 
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