![]() will melt hearts around the globe.- People magazine Amazing stuff. The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel). This edition features new material from Saroo about his childhood, including a new foreword and a Q&A about his experiences and the process of making the film. The fact that he survived before (and after) being discovered as homeless is a miracle in itself. His journey back to his birth mother 25 years later is a truly amazing story. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off on a journey to find his mother. A Long Way Home is Saroo Brierley 's personal account of finding himself tragically lost from his family at the young age of 5 years old. Mara-nominated for six Academy Awards This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley. ![]() When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of India for landmarks he recognized. A Long Way Home First it was a media sensation. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Resources: Lion - A Long Way Home, by Saroo Brierley Languages spoken in India, website. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. He could have never done this without his adopted family and friends. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. 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.
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