![]() ![]() ![]() The train travelled across India to Calcutta with only two fragments of information about where his family lived, Saroo would live on the streets of Calcutta for six weeks, avoid police, child molesters, gangs preying on orphaned and abandoned children, and an always-constant hunger for food. “A Long Way Home” is Saroo Brierly’s remarkable and true story of what happened when he boarded that train. It is the true story about a little five-year-old Indian boy who accidentally becomes separated from his oldest brother and is lost from his family. This book tells an amazing story – it is hard to believe it is true! This is a fascinating story of hardship, separation, and a new life. I bought this book as I knew I was going to see the movie and wanted to read the book first. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. 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. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. 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. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. And I looked at the second one and I thought, "There's something about you" - and it took me a few seconds but I decrypted what she used to looked like.First it was a media sensation. And by the time the fourth person had come, they said, "Just stay here for a sec," and within 10 minutes they came back around and they said, "Now I'm going to take you to your mother."Īnd I couldn't believe it, because when I went around the corner, which was only 10, 15 meters around the corner, there three ladies standing in front of an entrance to a house. That went on quite a few times with other people that kept wanting to know this person that's a foreigner that's coming to a town that's never seen a foreigner. Another person comes in and I sort of spill my mantra to them as well. And I said to her, my name is Saroo and these are my family members' names. But lucky for me this lady came out of a doorway holding a baby, and she said, "Can I help you?". Putnam's SonsĪnd I just thought the worst, I thought perhaps everyone's gone, my whole family's died, they've passed away. Saroo Brierley was born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, and currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn't know his town's name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country proved to be impossible. There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.Īs he recounts in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn't help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He lived on the streets, then in a juvenile home and, finally, in an orphanage. He was more than a thousand miles from his home, in a city where he did not speak the language. That train took him across the country to Kolkata (then called Calcutta), where he spent five harrowing months. "It was just an impulse decision," Brierley says, "that, in fact, changed my destiny for life." Finding himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him - so he hopped on. He took a nap in the station, and when he woke up, he couldn't see his brother. One day, Brierley tagged along to the next city down the rail line. Brierley's older brothers would hop trains to nearby towns to search for scraps to eat. His mother was raising four children on her own, and they were constantly hungry. At 4 years old, he couldn't read: He didn't even know the name of his hometown. More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley was one of many poor children in rural India. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Long Way Home Author Saroo Brierley ![]()
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