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A long way home : a memoir

A long way home : a memoir

Brierley, Saroo, author.
Book 2016

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. Always wondered about his origins, and with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called...

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ISBN:
9781405930994
9780735233690
9780670068203
0735233691
Description:
273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Other Title:
Lion : [as a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, I found my way back. This is what happened in between]
Lion : a long way home
Long way home : Lion
Lion
Notes:
Adapted into a 2016 motion picture titled Lion
Subtitle is from cover
First published as "A long way home". Later published as "Lion"
Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
"As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, I found my way back. This is what happened in between." -- From cover
Contents:
Prologue
Remembering
Getting lost
Survival
Salvation
A new life
My mum's journey
Growing up
Resuming the search
Finding home
Meeting my mother
Reconnection
Reaching out
Returning
Epilogue
Map: My journey across India
Control Number:
2551870
Other Authors:
Buttrose, Larry, 1952- contributor
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