"I already knew the value of family, but my journey with Saroo had taught me something very personal: without it we are merely chaff in the wind. "Arriving home early the next day, I was met by my own family, Belle and Ada, and thanked the heavens that I had them. A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the importance of never letting go of what drives the.NZ10. But as he recounts in A Long Way Home, Google Earth helped him return decades later. He had been separated from her when, aged five, he. He cries for a while and then vows to do his best to survive, as that’s the best chance he has of finding his way home. In 2012, Brierley was catapulted into the limelight when her adopted son Saroo found his long-lost birth mother in India using Google Earth. 'The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home.but an identity long-since left behind'. Saroo feels terrified and wonders what happened to Guddu. 255 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : 24 cm. He said he "was utterly exhausted" by the time he sent the finished manuscript to the publishers from a hotel room in Kolkata.īut while Dr Buttrose learnt much about the resilience of Saroo Brierley, who he described as "very direct and down to earth" and "more Aussie than me", he also gained insight about himself.ĭr Buttrose recalled how he felt upon leaving India in his blog. When Saroo Brierley was 4, he hopped on the wrong train in rural India, losing his way and his family. He’s shocked to come across two mutilated human bodies, and horrified to realize that the bodies are proof that existing in this city is a matter of life and death. ![]() ![]() The extract takes place when Saroo arrives at his new home in Hobart, Tasmania. The memoir has been adapted into a film called ‘Lion’. "When he arrived in Kolkata, that's what he's got memories of." Finishing the storyĭr Buttrose was given a tight three-month deadline to research and write the 70,000-word book. A lesson on an extract from ‘A Long Way Home’ by Saroo Brierley. "I said, 'Is this prompting memories, are you getting any thoughts back?', and not much came back. I was trying to get Saroo to go back into that five-year-old mind. Buy A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. "As we travelled across India looking at the vistas of chemical plants and paddy fields with oxen. Then it became the 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home.
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