Lion: A Long Way Home

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NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE SUPPORTING ACTOR & SUPPORTING ACTRESS Aged just five Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned Discover the inspiring true story behind the film Lion This is the heart breaking & original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later ----------------------------------- As a five-year old in India I got lost on a train Twenty-five years later I crossed the world to find my way back home Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India in a one-room hut with his mother & three siblings until the day he boarded a train alone & got lost For twenty-five years This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta & survived How he then ended up in Tasmania living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie & how at thirty years old with some dogged determination a heap of good luck & the power of Google Earth he found his way back home Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds & a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures----------------------------------- ' Amazing stuff' The New York Post ' So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) 'A remarkable story' Sydney Morning Herald Review 'I literally could not put this book down Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy & the strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) ' We urge you to step behind the headlines & have a read of this absorbing account With clear recollections & good old-fashioned storytelling Saroorecalls the fear of being lost & the anguish of separation' Weekly Review (Australia)