A Long Way Home: A Memoir
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First it was a media sensation. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara—nominated for six Academy Awards!
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 journey from India to Australia and back again...
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in 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.
Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, 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.
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 journey from India to Australia and back again...
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in 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.
Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, 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.
Subjects
Subjects
Adopted children
Adopted children -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Birthparents
Birthparents -- Identification
Birthparents -- India -- Identification
Brierley, Saroo
Brierley, Saroo -- Family
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
East Indians
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
Family
Family & Relationships
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
Intercountry adoption
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
Intercountry adoption -- India
Kolkata (India) -- Biography
Large type books
Nonfiction
Travel
Adopted children -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Birthparents
Birthparents -- Identification
Birthparents -- India -- Identification
Brierley, Saroo
Brierley, Saroo -- Family
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
East Indians
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
Family
Family & Relationships
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
Intercountry adoption
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
Intercountry adoption -- India
Kolkata (India) -- Biography
Large type books
Nonfiction
Travel
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ISBN:
9781683244011
9780698155091
9781482996142
9780698155091
9781482996142
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First it was a media sensation. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara—nominated for six Academy Awards!
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 journey from India to Australia and back again...
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in 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.
Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, 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.
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 journey from India to Australia and back again...
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in 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.
Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, 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.
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Birthparents -- Identification
Birthparents -- India -- Identification
Brierley, Saroo
Brierley, Saroo -- Family
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
Intercountry adoption -- India
Kolkata (India) -- Biography
Large type books
Birthparents -- Identification
Birthparents -- India -- Identification
Brierley, Saroo
Brierley, Saroo -- Family
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
Intercountry adoption -- India
Kolkata (India) -- Biography
Large type books
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A Long Way Home A Memoir
A long way home [large print] / Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
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Birthparents
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Intercountry adoption
Large type books
Nonfiction
Travel
Biography & Autobiography
Birthparents
Brierley, Saroo
East Indians
Family
Family & Relationships
Intercountry adoption
Large type books
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Travel
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