It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Dev Patel for Best Supporting Actor. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like What do Saroos two mothers feel when they meet each other, Trains in India did not move. When Saroo’s father leaves his mother, money is scarce. Plot Summary Saroo was born in India to a Hindu mother and a Muslim father. The 2016 film version, Lion, stars Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, and Rooney Mara. Book Review Lion: A Long Way Home (Young Readers’ Edition) by Saroo Brierley has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope.
One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.Ī Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. 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. He noticed me hanging about, and would call me over in the morning to share some of the porridge that was made in vast quantities for the boys at the camp. 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.ĭespite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Father Figure Brierly recounts, The other person who was a father figure to me for a brief time was one of the supervisors of the young men’s military school camp. 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 againĪt only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India.
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