Saroo Brierley - A long way home
By: Saroo Brierley
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Saroo Brierley - A long way home
Aged only 5, he lost all contact with his family in India, when he was at a train station waiting for his brother who never returned.
About Saroo
Saroo Brierley was born in an Indian town called Khandwa. In 1986, aged only 5, he lost all contact with his family when he was at a train station waiting for his brother who never returned.
After living on the streets of Calcutta for 3 weeks by himself, he then got placed into a local orphanage where an Australian family adopted Saroo. He then grew up with his newly adopted parents in Hobart, Tasmania where he spent the next 25 years.
After years trying to track down his old town through the labyrinth of railways lines on Google Earth and an image etched into his brain as a 5 year old, he finally found his town Khandwa on the map and travelled to India to try and find members of his family. In early 2012, after 25 years of seperation, he finally reunited with his mother.
The Book
A Long Way Home
Blurb
When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines.
Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. 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.
Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. 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. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for.
Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.
A Long Way Home is a moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit - hope.
Opinions
Manly Daily
'★★★★★ 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.'
Weekly Review
'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.'
Saturday Age
'A remarkable story … [Brierley] provides an informative and fascinating insight into how Third World families live with, and somehow survive, their poverty.'
femail.com.au 'An incredible story of how one boy survived and prevailed through extreme circumstances to change his fortunes.'
Lion- The movie
In 2016, Saroo's story made it into the cinemas!
Lion is a biographical film based on the non-fiction book A long way home by Saroo Brierley. After the world premier at the Toronto International Film Festival the movie received 6 Oscar nominations and 5 nominations at the 70th British Academy Film Awards, winning two for Best Supporting Actor (Dev Patel) and Best Adapted Screenplay .
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I never read the book, but I watched the movie. The scene of his meeting his mother after being separated from her for 25 years from the age of 5 was the most emotional tear-jerking scene I have ever seen in all my years of watching movies. Tears come to my eyes when I even think about it. I would like to read the book, and I suggest you watch the move if you get the chance.
Sounds like a great movie!
Looks like it as well.
Actually, I thought it was a very worthwhile movie to watch - some genuinely profound aspects of humanity are displayed.