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He shares memories of his mother, his three siblings, and how they struggle to get by. In warm, spare language that immediately mesmerizes the reader, Brierly starts his almost mythic tale by describing his poverty-stricken childhood in his rural village. The tragic circumstances by which he comes to board a train in Burhanpur (located in the western part of India) and then travel 1,680 kilometers east to Kolkata by himself are nothing short of spellbinding.

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In his gripping memoir, A Long Way Home, currently in theaters as the movie Lion, Saroo Brierly untangles the story of how this very thing happened to him in India in 1987. Now consider that there is no Internet available to track down this five-year-old’s parents, no nightly news to post his little face on a television screen, and no one who notices him as he scavenges around the station for food.Ĭan you wrap your head around this scenario? Inconceivable, no? Picture this same five-year-old without money, identification, or the ability to remember his last name. Imagine a five-year-old accidentally boarding an empty train carriage in Chicago and traveling 1,000 miles alone across the United States, disembarking 24 hours later in, say, New Hampshire. The sense of danger is much more overpowering in the movie than in the book, including the efforts to trick Saroo and exploit him as a boy prostitute.Rating: Going off the rails on a crazy train It is a powerful, emotional story and is "gritty" in its realism. She read the book and then saw the movie, which is what she shared with us. We were introduced to Saroo's story by our 16-year-old daughter. I recommend you buy this book for the entire family, and specifically readers ages 13 and up.

Lion: A Long Way Home is a terrific book to add to your home library. The story has a strong message to never give up on the things you believe in. Reading about Saroo’s time on the streets as a young boy is hard to fathom, but it also helps to understand the extent of poverty in that region and the challenges children and their families face. This is an astonishing true story based on two parts of Saroo Brierley's life. The book is very emotional and emphasizes family bonds. Some locals recognize his mother's name and lead him to a nearby place where he is united with his mother for the first time in 25 years. He is able to locate his old home but learns that his mother does not live there anymore. When he stumbles across the town, he decides to return to India. As an adult, he spends months using Google Earth in search of his home. Saroo has a new loving family, but never forgets the family from whom he is separated. He is eventually adopted by a couple from Australia.

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When the court can't determine his full name or where he came from, he is declared lost.

Hungry, alone, and afraid, Saroo manages to survive weeks on the streets before being taken to an orphanage. He boards a train going in the direction opposite of his home town and ends up in Kolkata (Calcutta). He falls asleep, and when he wakes up, his brother has not returned. While Gudda is at work, Saroo stays at the train station. One day, Saroo accompanies his brother Gudda who works in a nearby town.

Saroo Brierley (5) lives with his mother, two older brothers, and a younger sister.