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A long way home A Memoir
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- ISBN: 9780698155091 (electronic bk)
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electronic - Publisher: 2014.
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Berkley, 2014. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 15159 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). |
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- Baker & Taylor
A full-length account of the author's inspirational effort to find his India birthplace describes how he was accidentally separated from his family in the mid-1980s, his survival on the streets of Calcutta, his adoption by an Australian family and his headline-making Google Earth search. - Baker & Taylor
"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"-- - Penguin Putnam
First it was a media sensation. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now itâs Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Maraânominated 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...
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. 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.
Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. 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. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.
A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope.