Able to keep a low profile, Saroo eventually finds himself in Calcutta. In a blind panic he hops on a train, without any idea of where it travels to. The day passes and Saroo nods off but it is later when he wakes up, he discovers that he is alone. At the railway station, Guddu tells him to remain there while he heads off to look for food and work. One fateful day, Saroo persuades his older brother, Guddu, to take him along on one of his trips, as Saroo now feels old enough to handle the experience. At the tender age of five, Saroo looks after his two-year old younger sister while his mother and brothers go out to work and scavenge for food. The story of Saroo Brierley would break your heart. Unfortunately, for me, it did not live up to my expectations… In this case, I was very intrigued to read Lion, so I was only too delighted when it was chosen for our book-club read in May. The very interesting thing about being involved in a book-club is that you sometimes get to read books that you may not normally have gravitated toward. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit – hope. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.Ī Long Way Home is a moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. 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.ĭespite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins.
Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Book Info: (Courtesy of Author’s Website)
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