"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro. Later, he finds himself as an adopted child in. Then he got lost on a train, and found himself as an uneducated child stranded on the streets of Calcutta. Saroo Brierley was born in a poor village in Khandwa, India, where he lived with his siblings and mother for five years in a small one room hut. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés. Lion : a long way home, by Saroo Brierly. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. ![]() When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.Ī Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. His story generated significant international media attention, especially in Australia and India. He was adopted by an Australian couple, and 25 years later reunited with his biological mother. 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. Saroo Brierley (born 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman who, at age 5, was separated from his biological mother. 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.ĭespite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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.Īt 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! Then it became the New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. "We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account.With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo.recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation."- Weekly Review (Australia) Reseña del editor:įirst it was a media sensation. return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit."- Manly Daily (Australia) "I literally could not put this book down. "A remarkable story."- Sydney Morning Herald Review ![]() "So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction."- Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)
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