#A LONG WAY HOME BY SAROO BRIERLEY FREE#

He feels as though he has a responsibility to tell his story in case it inspires others.

After this, Saroo begins supporting ISSA, the agency that facilitated his adoption, and begins the process of buying Kamla a new home. Saroo could not help but think about his mother and siblings as the years went passed. He had posters of bands on his walls and considering himself a proud Tasmanian citizen, or Tassie. After finding his family, Saroo feels as though he is able to fit together pieces of his identity and better understand both his roots and how he became lost in the first place. Chapter 7: Growing Up Though Saroo remembered his birth family and his birth home in India, by high school he had very much become a Western teenager. He learns that Guddu died when he disappeared, and struggles deeply with his loss. Saroo returns to Khandwa and finds Kamla, Shekila, and Kallu relatively quickly. He worries about telling his parents, as he wants them to understand that he absolutely thinks of them as his real parents. This search continues for five years, during which time Saroo returns to live in Hobart and starts dating a woman named Lisa. With the help of exchange students, Saroo begins using Google Earth to follow Indian train lines and search for his hometown. He completes a degree in hospitality, but his time at college is most effective in reconnecting him with his Indian roots. Saroo adjusts to life in Australia relatively quickly, though he runs through his memories of India nightly. Mum and Dad adopt him, and he arrives in Tasmania when he’s five years old.

The authorities try to help, but they cannot figure out where Saroo is from, and he’s eventually put up for adoption. Saroo lives on the street for several weeks, but eventually a teenager takes him to the police.

When Saroo is five, he mistakenly boards a train and finds himself transported to the bustling and dangerous city of Calcutta. Though his family lives in extreme poverty and Saroo is often hungry, he learns to thrive: he develops street smarts and steals often. When he’s about four, he becomes responsible for his baby sister, Shekila. He admires his mother Kamla, and his older brothers Guddu and Kallu. 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.The author and narrator of the book, Saroo was born “Sheru” in the central Indian town of Khandwa.

#A LONG WAY HOME BY SAROO BRIERLEY FREE#

'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. 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. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. 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. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings. Read more Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later. Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. 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. NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Description for Lion: A Long Way Home Paperback.

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