A long way home

The Resource A long way home
Label
A long way home
Statement of responsibility
Saroo Brierley ; with Larry Buttrose
Title variation
Long way home
Title variation remainder
a memoir
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home?but an identity long-since left behind. 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."--Amazon.com
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 362.73409946
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
CT2808.B67
LC item number
A3 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Target audience
adult

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