Lion
A Long Way Home Young Readers' Edition

It's India in the 1980s and Saroo, his siblings and his mum live in extreme poverty sharing a single room with only a single shelf as furniture; mum and older brother get work that pays very little, and the rest of the time the mother and kids have to beg, borrow or steal to survive. One night, on a......more

5★ I remember hearing about this story when it ‘broke’ a few years ago, and then it surfaced again when Nicole Kidman starred in the movie LION, and the rest will, no doubt, be history. First, I have to say that although I already knew the bones of the story, as so many potential readers may, it only......more

Destino ou Acidente ? A Vida tem daqueles Dias que só nos permitem satisfazer os caprichos de Sua Majestade, O Inesperado. Ora foi num desses Dias que Saroo, um jovem com apenas 5 anos de idade, se perdeu do seu irmão mais velho, numa estação de comboios. Desorientado, sem a ínfima ideia de como regres......more

An amazing true story. At one point in his memoir Saroo Brierley invites his readers to take another look at his photo on the cover page, to look into his young, bewildered eyes, to look at the face of a new adoptee flown to the other side of the world, greeted by the love and understanding of his s......more

At the age of five, Saroo an Indian boy becomes lost after after being separated from his brother. After traveling on a train for quite some time, Saroo ends up in Calcutta. Saroo is not only frightened and alone, but he is also faced with having to scavenge and beg for food for his survival. He has......more