A few months later, Saroo learns that the search for his birth mother failed and that an Australian couple wants to adopt him. Saroo is placed in a juvenile detention center, where he is bullied and beaten. Then it became the 1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Saroo’s life takes an unexpected turn when a teenaged boy turns him over to the police. A Long Way Home A Memoir Saroo Brierley Click to preview Add to Cart US10.99 Buy multiple copies Give this ebook to a friend Add to list More books by this author More books by this publisher Print & copy permissions Supported devices First it was a media sensation. He spends the following weeks begging and stealing on the dangerous streets of Kolkata. He gets off in Kolkata and asks strangers for help finding ‘Ginestlay’ and ‘Berampur,’ but most people ignore him. The sun has risen, and the train is moving when Saroo wakes up hours later. Saroo falls asleep, wakes up cold, and climbs on to an empty train. Guddu tells him to wait while he takes care of something. One night, five-year-old Saroo accompanies Guddu to Burhanpur Station to beg for food and money. A Long Way Home A Memoir by Saroo Brierley Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, this 1 international best-seller tells 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’s Muslim father abandoned the family, forcing Kamla to take odd jobs and the children to scrounge and steal. Saroo lives in a one-room house in a suburb of Khandwa called Ganesh Talai, which he shares with his Hindu mother, Kamla, his two older brothers, Guddu and Kallu, and his infant sister, Shekila. He feels as though he has a responsibility to tell his story in case it inspires others.The narrative then looks back at Saroo’s life in India. After this, Saroo begins supporting ISSA, the agency that facilitated his adoption, and begins the process of buying Kamla a new home. After finding his family, Saroo feels as though he is able to fit together pieces of his identity and better understand both his roots and how he became lost in the first place. He learns that Guddu died when he disappeared, and struggles deeply with his loss. Saroo returns to Khandwa and finds Kamla, Shekila, and Kallu relatively quickly. Aged only 5, he lost all contact with his family in India, when he was at a train station waiting for his brother who. He worries about telling his parents, as he wants them to understand that he absolutely thinks of them as his real parents. This search continues for five years, during which time Saroo returns to live in Hobart and starts dating a woman named Lisa. With the help of exchange students, Saroo begins using Google Earth to follow Indian train lines and search for his hometown. He completes a degree in hospitality, but his time at college is most effective in reconnecting him with his Indian roots. Saroo adjusts to life in Australia relatively quickly, though he runs through his memories of India nightly. Mum and Dad adopt him, and he arrives in Tasmania when he’s five years old. The authorities try to help, but they cannot figure out where Saroo is from, and he’s eventually put up for adoption. Saroo lives on the street for several weeks, but eventually a teenager takes him to the police. When Saroo is five, he mistakenly boards a train and finds himself transported to the bustling and dangerous city of Calcutta. Though his family lives in extreme poverty and Saroo is often hungry, he learns to thrive: he develops street smarts and steals often. When he’s about four, he becomes responsible for his baby sister, Shekila. He admires his mother Kamla, and his older brothers Guddu and Kallu. The author and narrator of the book, Saroo was born “Sheru” in the central Indian town of Khandwa. Lion: A Long Way Home By Saroo Brierley Suggestions and Expectations This curriculum unit can be used in a variety of ways.
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