252) If that is the case, why the drive to find his Indian roots 2. Urn:lcp:longwayhome0000brie:lcpdf:9277d005-4fe4-44d4-8065-a1dfe11f9ebf What propels Saroo Brierley as an adult to search for his birth home, especially as he writes, 'I am not Indianand I have family bonds in Australia that cannot be broken (p. Download the entire issue for the Kindle or Nook.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:02:03 Associated-names Buttrose, Larry, 1952- Boxid IA1847313 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier So in case you’re not much of a reader I can warmly recommend to watch the movie instead (see the trailer below). Even the movie captures this story in a beautiful way. This article was originally published in the June 2014 issue of BookPage. In the book Saroo really tells us all about the dangers, insecurities, the happiness and sadness he had to deal with all his life. Though Brierley’s prose lacks polish, his story is undeniably moving and will appeal to any reader captivated by the pursuit of a dream that won’t die. I now have two families, not two identities.” Instead, he writes that he “is not conflicted about who I am or where to call home. Summary 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. He reunites with his family in India, yet never abandons his adoptive family in Australia. In a development that made headlines around the world in 2012, Saroo is eventually able to locate his village, principally by poring over satellite images on Google Earth. Yet, several questions haunt him: Is his mother still alive in India? What about Guddu? How can he find his way back to his village, since he can’t remember the name of the place or where it’s located? He thrives as Saroo Brierley, excelling in sports and academics. It’s not long before a family adopts Saroo, and on September 25, 1987, he flies to Australia to meet the Brierleys and begin his new life in a faraway land. Turned over to the police by a kind teenage boy, he lands in an orphanage, where, for the first time in months, he has food and a clean bed. Saroo eventually lands in Calcutta, where he joins the teeming masses of children scavenging for food, running from bullies and searching for a safe place to sleep through one more night. That night, young Saroo becomes separated from his brother and begins several days of searching, begging and riding the rails in an attempt to find his brother or get back home. When Guddu announces that he’s leaving, Saroo declares that he’s going off into the night with his older brother.Īnd so begins Saroo Brierley’s great misadventure and his 25-year search for home, which he recounts dramatically in A Long Way Home. One night in 1986, Guddu comes back to his family’s poor village in India for about an hour, and 5-year-old Saroo can’t contain his excitement. Young Saroo loves his older brothers, especially Guddu, who at 14 is less and less at home.
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