a long way home a memoir by saroo brierley

Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Read A Long Way Home: A Memoir by Brierley, Saroo, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9780698155091). A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. A Long Way Home: A Memoir by Saroo Brierley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. A true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, now the major motion picture Lion starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney.A22. 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. There, Saroo gets to meet Kallu’s wife, son, and daughter. 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. Kallu picks Saroo up the next morning and takes him back to Kamla ’s house. 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 New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home.

A long way home a memoir by saroo brierley