A long way home /

A long way home /

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 homet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brierley, Saroo (Author), Buttrose, Larry, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Books, 2015.
Edition:Berkley trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Brierley, Saroo.
Brierley, Saroo > Family.
Brierley, Saroo > Travel > India.
East Indians > Australia > Biography.
Adopted children > Australia > Tasmania > Biography.
Birthparents > India > Identification.
Intercountry adoption > Australia > Tasmania.
Intercountry adoption > India.
Adopted children.
Birthparents > Identification.
East Indians.
Families.
Intercountry adoption.
Travel.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Hobart (Tas.) > Biography.
Kolkata (India) > Biography.
Australia.
India.
India > Kolkata.
Tasmania.
Tasmania > Hobart.
Autobiographies.
Biography.
Table of 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.