The Resource A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
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- Summary
- Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hut with his mother and three siblings... until at age five, he mistakenly boarded a train by himself, and ended up in Calcutta, all the way across the country. Uneducated, illiterate, and unable to recall the name of his hometown, he managed to survive for weeks on that city's rough streets. Soon after, he was adopted by a couple in Tasmania. But despite growing up in a loving upper-middle class Aussie family, Saroo still clung to the last memories of his hometown and family in India, and always wondered if he'd ever find them again. Amazingly, twenty-five years later, with some dogged determination and a heap of luck -- and the advent of Google Earth -- he did
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Berkley trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Adapted into a 2016 motion picture titled Lion
- Contents
-
- 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
- Map: My journey across India
- Isbn
- 9780425276198
- Label
- A long way home
- Title
- A long way home
- Statement of responsibility
- Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
- Subject
-
- Birthparents -- India -- Identification
- Brierley, Saroo
- Brierley, Saroo -- Family
- Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
- East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
- Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- Australia | Tasmania
- Intercountry adoption -- India
- Adopted children -- Australia | Tasmania -- Biography
- Large type books
- Kolkata (India) -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hut with his mother and three siblings... until at age five, he mistakenly boarded a train by himself, and ended up in Calcutta, all the way across the country. Uneducated, illiterate, and unable to recall the name of his hometown, he managed to survive for weeks on that city's rough streets. Soon after, he was adopted by a couple in Tasmania. But despite growing up in a loving upper-middle class Aussie family, Saroo still clung to the last memories of his hometown and family in India, and always wondered if he'd ever find them again. Amazingly, twenty-five years later, with some dogged determination and a heap of luck -- and the advent of Google Earth -- he did
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brierley, Saroo
- Dewey number
- 920.00920946
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- CT2808.B67
- LC item number
- A3 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Buttrose, Larry
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Brierley, Saroo
- Brierley, Saroo
- Brierley, Saroo
- East Indians
- Adopted children
- Birthparents
- Intercountry adoption
- Intercountry adoption
- Hobart (Tas.)
- Kolkata (India)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
- Note
- Adapted into a 2016 motion picture titled Lion
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Map: My journey across India
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Berkley trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780425276198
- Lccn
- 2015295893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn910633541
- (Sirsi) o910633541
- (OCoLC)910633541
- Label
- A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
- Note
- Adapted into a 2016 motion picture titled Lion
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Map: My journey across India
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Berkley trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780425276198
- Lccn
- 2015295893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn910633541
- (Sirsi) o910633541
- (OCoLC)910633541
Subject
- Birthparents -- India -- Identification
- Brierley, Saroo
- Brierley, Saroo -- Family
- Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India
- East Indians -- Australia -- Biography
- Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- Australia | Tasmania
- Intercountry adoption -- India
- Adopted children -- Australia | Tasmania -- Biography
- Large type books
- Kolkata (India) -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
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