#A LONG WAY HOME BRIERLEY SERIES#
It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Free Essay: Throughout the course of the book, A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley, the author, encounters a series of traumatic experiences that lead to. 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.
Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his. 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. 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.ĭespite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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.Īt only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. The main resource saroo uses to conduct his search A Long Way Home. Miraculously, after ending up in Calcutta (Now Kolkata) he was. The book recounts for us the tale of how, as a five year old, poor, malnourished boy, he got separated from his older brother during a layover at a train station in a town that was not his own. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara-nominated for six Academy Awards! A Long Way Home is the incredible memoir of Saroo Brierley’s very uncommon life story.
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds.
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