![]() Penguin Canada (via NetGalley) gave me a copy of this book for review purposes. And every one needs all of those in their lives from time to time. A Long Way Home is a beautiful story of hope, love, healing and miracles. Those moments left me with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes (and squeals, dancing and fist pumps perhaps). Moments that makes the whole journey worthwhile. A Long Way Home Saroo Brierley, 2013 (2014, intl.) Penguin Publishers 288 pp. There were some beautiful and funny moments as well. In the midst of the intense subject matter: poverty, family, fear, trauma etc. ![]() Perhaps because I was past all the anticipation of finding his family, which carried me swiftly over the words so there was no time to infringe on my conscious thoughts- I was reading much more thoughtfully. Then it became the 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. I especially noticed these things in the writing following his reunion with his birth mother. Occasionally the explanations for why he reasoned one thing or another were unclear. At times I found the information redundant or over-simplified. 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. The reason that I have withheld a five star rating is because of the maturity of the writing style. He also pieces the facts together in a way that kept me turning the pages in anticipation of what happened next, what else he remembered, or even just because the details were tremendously interesting. ![]() The circumstances in which he, his mother and his siblings lived felt very real, even though the memories were being recalled from 25 years in the past, when he was four and five years old. Mr Brierley succeeds admirably in painting a vivid picture of his early life. As a grown man, Saroo then decided to try to piece together the memories from that fateful night and find his way back to his hometown. ![]() Being lost in a city brings with it the hope that. Miraculously, after ending up in Calcutta (Now Kolkata) he was put into the custody of an adoption agency who found a family for him in Tasmania. Losing a child is every parents nightmare in Australia its the bush they fear most. 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. It might even bring on your first such experience.Ī Long Way Home is the incredible memoir of Saroo Brierley’s very uncommon life story. will melt hearts around the globe."-People magazine "Amazing stuff.Do you ever get that amazing feeling where something so awesome happens that you want to squeal out loud, dance around and and do a fist pump? If that kind of thing ever happens to you, Saroo Brierley’s story is sure to bring on one of those moments. "The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel). Little Lion is the young readers edition of Saroo Brierleys story is perfectly re-written for 4-10 year olds. This edition features new material from Saroo about his childhood, including a new foreword and a Q&A about his experiences and the process of making the film. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off on a journey to find his mother. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of India for landmarks he recognized. Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. In 'Lists' This entry was posted in Muse Reviews and tagged adoption, Australia, book recommendations, Book Review, India, Inspirational, Memoir, Miracle, reading. 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. aroo 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. First off, this is an incredible story, and I am so glad Saroo, and his family caught the attention of the media, then Saroo writing the book about it all. The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. Lion: A Long Way Home Young Readers' Edition
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