![]() However, for all his material good fortune, Saroo finds himself plagued by his memories of his lost family in his adulthood and tries to search for them even as his guilt drives him to hide this quest from his adoptive parents and his girlfriend. Soon, Saroo is selected to be adopted by the Brierley family in Tasmania, where he grows up in a loving, prosperous home. Now totally lost in an alien urban environment and too young to identify either himself or his home to the authorities, Saroo struggles to survive as a street child until he is sent to an orphanage. On a trip with his brother, Saroo soon finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, 1000 miles away from home. In 1986, Saroo was a five-year-old child in India of a poor but happy rural family. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Moving and inspiring, Lioness explores the myth of motherhood, how families are formed in many ways, and how love and perseverance can bring us together.A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. Little did she imagine that twenty-five years later she would be portrayed on screen by another Australian mother who chose to adopt – Nicole Kidman. Instead, inspired by a vision she’d had as a young girl, she chose to adopt two children in need – Saroo and Mantosh. A LONG WAY HOME BY SAROO BRIERLEY SUMMARY FREEWhen Sue married and broke free of her father she was determined to also sever the cycle of despair and made the selfless decision not to have a biological child. The daughter of a violent alcoholic whose business gambles left her family destitute, she grew up in geographic and emotional isolation. In this uplifting and deeply personal book, Sue reveals for the first time her own traumatic childhood. But the story of how his adoptive mother, Sue, came into his life half a world away in Tasmania is every bit as riveting. Saroo Brierley’s journey home to a small village in India with the help of Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major motion picture LION. It’s a fascinating read, and one I couldn’t put down.Ī powerful and moving account of adopting the boy who inspired the motion picture LION. Moving and inspiring, Lioness explores the myth of motherhood, how families are formed in many ways, and how love and perseverance can bring us together. It’s a raw, honest read about her love for Mantosh and the difficulty his issues brought to their tight-knit family. Her immediate and intense love for Saroo is evident, and their relationship deep and profound.Ī few years later, they welcome Mantosh into the family, and the experience is very different. I was mesmerised by this part of the book. Determined to do things differently in her own family, Sue and her husband John adopt their first son Saroo from an orphanage in Calcutta, India. She marries quite young and it’s sixteen years before she ‘has’ her own child. Lioness starts with Sue’s backstory and own family, including her alcoholic father. While she certainly writes about Saroo tracking down his biological family, and her experience with both that and his telling of the story publicly, the book isn’t just Saroo – it’s much more. Sue Brierley’s own story is just as fascinating and emotional to read. When I saw that his mother, Sue, had written her own book, I’ll admit that I did wonder ‘what else can be said about this?’. Like countless other people, I was transfixed by Saroo Brierley’s story, as told on 60 Minutes, in his book The Long Way Home, and in the film adaptation of the novel, Lion. When Sue married, and broke free of her father, she was determined to also sever the cycle of despair, and made the selfless decision not to have a biological child. Saroo Brierley’s journey home to a small village in India with the help of Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major motion picture Lion. A powerful and moving account of adopting the boy who inspired the motion picture Lion. ![]()
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