Lion: A Long Way Home Young Readers' Edition by Saroo Brierley
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The memoir follows Saroo's life of poverty at home, to living on the streets of Kolkata, through to his getting adopted, and then on to his search for his family as an adult. Overall it is an uplifting story that pays tribute to Saroo's luck as much as his competency; it also give a huge nod to the power of acts of kindness. The book was co-written by Larry Buttrose, which may explain that even though the narration is very personalised, it feels distant. 8 out of 12, for the story itself, maybe a lot less for the writing. Saroo’s Australian parents take good care of him and try to understand his situation but don’t entirely understand why he needs to search for his family in India.
John, his adopted father, was born to an English father who immigrated to Australia. Sue had a vision as a teenager of a brown-skinned child by her side. When he moves in with a girlfriend, he continues his quest. He doesn’t tell his parents about the search, as he’s worried that they would think he is unhappy with his life in Australia. When he is about 30, he finds the name of a place he recognizes.
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When ISSA and the police fail to find Saroo’s family, he is put up for adoption. Saroo begins to sleep at the end of a train platform with other orphaned children. After children in the station begin being kidnapped and a train almost hits Saroo, he decides to take to the streets of Calcutta. He has difficulty communicating with anyone and has to scavenge, steal and beg for food. Saroo loves playing in the water but cannot swim. He almost drowns in a river twice, but is saved by the same homeless man both times.
A motorcycle hits Saroo as he is moving watermelons across the street, injuring his leg and cutting his head. Saroo and his brothers steal from guards armed with guns. A boy from a gang slaps Saroo, and the gang throws glass bottles at him. In the juvenile detention center, other kids beat Saroo, and punishment for fighting is delivered indiscriminately with a cane. Seeing India and the lives of his family has enriched him culturally and personally. If he were never lost, much suffering would have been avoided; however, his experiences provide him with an unshakeable faith in the importance of family.
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He replayed everything he did and everywhere he went in his mind, so he wouldn’t forget. As soon as he woke up lost in Calcutta, he tried to replay his memories of accidentally falling asleep on a train so he might figure out where it came from. He hopped on every train he could find, but with no luck.
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He speaks Hindi, not Bengali, which is the main language in Calcutta. He does not speak well, cannot read and does not know the name or location of his hometown. He receives little help and is too distrustful of the police to ask them for help. For days he sneaks aboard random trains, but they always return to the same station in Calcutta.
In this case, Saroo made the right decision to discover his roots again and to get answers to unanswered questions that had been gnawing away at him for 25 years. The story moves back and forth, quite naturally, from Saroo’s memories to his searches to today, and it’s amazing how much and how well he remembered. An inspirational, true story, a life most of us can’t imagine – all this is the story of Saroo Brierley. Years go by, time passes and one day in 2004, Google purchases Brian McClendon’s company “Keyhole, Inc.”, and suddenly the world is at your fingertips. By this time, Saroo Brierley is a young man, and the internet as we know it is even younger, but there is a promise of something, just knowing it is out there and can be found.
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Several weeks after Guddu and Saroo went missing, a police officer told their mother that Guddu had died in a railway accident. Saroo was born in India to a Hindu mother and a Muslim father. When Saroo’s father leaves his mother, money is scarce. Saroo’s mother struggles to earn enough to feed and shelter her four children, so they are almost always hungry.
Saroo is fairly confident that he has found his old home. When he tells his parents, they respond cautiously. His father is initially doubtful and everyone wonders what the discovery means for their future. Later, when Saroo asks his parents and girlfriend what they think he should do, they all say that he should go. They all want to go with him, but he chooses to go alone. Saroo Brierley is an Indian-born Australian businessman who, at age 5, was separated from his biological mother.
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Still, Saroo can not forget his family in India and begins to search for them. The night Saroo’s life began its dramatic and dangerous turn, he had gone with his oldest brother on the pushbike, and was told to wait at the train station for him. After waking from sleep and finding himself alone, he panicked and boarded a train, ultimately finding himself in Calcutta many hours later. Saroo was five years old when he found himself alone and on the streets of Calcutta.
Visiting here eased the pain of his past more than anywhere else. Saroo is thankful that he survived the experience relatively unscathed. Saroo then tells the story of his adopted parents. His Australian mom, Sue, was born to a father who was psychologically scarred in WWII.
Guddu dies in an accident, and Saroo’s mother identifies the body. Saroo’s adoptive grandfather Josef has a stepmother who tries to poison the man. Josef fights against Germany in WWII and is scarred by the experience. Josef is angry and violent and comes from a background in which beating wives and children is commonplace. Saroo runs from a dog, falling and hitting his head.
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