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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
  • "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"--
  • "As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between. 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."--Back cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Extent
273 pages, 16 pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue
  • 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
  • Epilogue
  • Map: My Journey Across India
Isbn
9780425276198
Instance
Label
A long way home
Title
A long way home
Statement of responsibility
Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
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"--
  • "As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between. 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."--Back cover
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Biography type
autobiography
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Brierley, Saroo
Dewey number
  • 920.009/048
  • B
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
  • Brierley, Saroo
  • East Indians
  • Adopted children
  • Birthparents
  • Intercountry adoption
  • Intercountry adoption
  • Adopted children
  • Birthparents
  • East Indians
  • Families
  • Intercountry adoption
  • Travel
  • Hobart (Tas.)
  • Kolkata (India)
  • Australia
  • India
  • India
  • Tasmania
  • Tasmania
  • Birth parents
  • Gestational parenthood
Label
A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
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Publication
Copyright
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Map: My Journey Across India
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Extent
273 pages, 16 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
  • 2030372
  • (OCoLC)910633541
  • (OCoLC)ocn910633541
Label
A long way home, Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Map: My Journey Across India
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Extent
273 pages, 16 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
  • 2030372
  • (OCoLC)910633541
  • (OCoLC)ocn910633541

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