![]() ![]() ![]() Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / Asia.Juvenile Nonfiction / Family / Adoption.Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation."- Weekly Review (Australia) Product Details With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo. 'Me begot' Later she found out I was upset that I had forgotten the way to the school near my Indian home, where I used to watch the students. "We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account. We assign a color and icon like this one to each theme, making it easy to track which themes apply to each quote below. return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit."- Manly Daily (Australia) "I literally could not put this book down. "A remarkable story."- Sydney Morning Herald Review "So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction."- Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) will melt hearts around the globe."- People magazine "The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel). 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. Then it became the 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of India for landmarks he recognized. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. To the reader, Saroo wonders whether the railway worker had unwittingly shown him. Saroo leaves the main road as soon as he’s across. The bridge is crowded with people of all sorts, and the traffic in the middle is overwhelming. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. After the experience with the railway worker, Saroo decides to cross the river to avoid running into him. 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. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. He’s in shock: the tiny house is clearly abandoned. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. As an adult, Saroo stands in front of his childhood home in India. 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. ![]()
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