A long way home, a memoir by Saroo Brierley
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A long way home, a memoir by Saroo Brierley
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A long way home
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a memoir by Saroo Brierley
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
Prologue -- Remembering -- Getting Lost -- Survival -- Salvation -- A New Life -- My Mum's Journey -- Growing Up -- Resuming the Search -- Finding Home -- Meeting My Mother -- Reconnection -- Reaching Out -- Returning -- Epilogue -- Map: My Journey Across India
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- Brierley, Saroo
- Birth parents
- Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- Birthparents -- India -- Identification
- Native Americans
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native American Territory
- Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
- Kolkata (India) -- Biography
- Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
- Brierley, Saroo -- Family
- Adopted children -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- India
- Gestational parenthood
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- Brierley, Saroo
- Birth parents
- Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
- Downloadable audio books
- Audiobooks
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- Birthparents -- India -- Identification
- Native Americans
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native American Territory
- Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania
- Kolkata (India) -- Biography
- Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
- Brierley, Saroo -- Family
- Adopted children -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- India
- Gestational parenthood
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- Narrator1
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