Lion (Movie Tie-In)

Saroo Brierley

Nov 2016 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

First it was a media sensation. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara—nominated for six Academy Awards!

This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again...

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.

Lion is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope.


Previously published as A Long Way Home

Ratings and reviews

Inspirational human journey that is a must see. Saroo's mission to find his roots resonates in all of us. We are all searching for meaning in our lives. We are who we are because of our past and when there's a void, it's hard to move forward without fully knowing, understanding and resolving that void. Through Saroo's journey, we are also able to get a glimpse of our own emptiness created by our ignorance of our past. Go see the movie....and bring a box of Kleenex with you...

It was so sad and so happy at the same time. To read about how the children in India had to live was heartwrenching, but to have Saroo as an adult returning​ home and finding his birth family....how both of his mother's hugged when they met. The world needs to hear more stories of triumph after tragedy.

Very entertaining and informative as well as at first heart renching but with a positive outcome.

About the author

Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father. Saroo’s story has been published in several languages and was made into an Academy Award-nominated major motion picture.