![]() This is no doubt an interesting and rewarding process, to get to know a person so well that one is able to tell the story of that person’s life in such an intimate way yet remains professionally invisible in that story. Buttrose completed the book in his Kolkata hotel room, and emailed the manuscript to the publishers Penguin on the date of the deadline. There he met Saroo’s Indian family, and travelled with Saroo on a rail journey across India, retracing for the first time the journey that Saroo took two and a half decades before as a young child, that ended him in Calcutta (now Kolkata). researched and wrote the book between September and December of that year, including research trips to Hobart to interview Saroo and his family, and a month-long journey to India with Saroo. A mature man, indeed, who reflects and keeps hoping, who knows himself well.īuttrose’s Wikipedia page reveals how he ghostwrote A Long Way Home in 2012: In the midst of all the traumatised memories is a determination to return to the beginning, a sense of purpose equipped with an acute awareness of possibilities/opportunities to confront both failure and success along the way. The story is expertly told, presenting a man capable of facing his own shadows while maintaining faith in the light of his life. Like many readers, this reviewer is deeply moved by the story of a five-year-old Indian boy who became lost on a train, survived for weeks on the chaotic streets of Calcutta, was adopted by an Australian couple and relocated to Tasmania, and, 25 years later, was able to reunite with his Indian family after searching for and finding his home town using Google Earth’s satellite images.īut it is Buttrose’s calm and sensible writing that really shapes Brierly as the main character of this book. But it also talks about compassion, love, hope and luck/grace.A Long Way Home (Penguin Australia, 2013), by Saroo Brierly with Larry Buttrose, is a book worth reading even after you have seen its internationally renowned film adaptation Lion (2016). It talks about danger, fear, loss and pain. It is real, it is raw and it is impressive. I think that what makes it great is that the book seems to be a great representation for life. I want to say that I don’t normally read novels, since I prefer non-fiction books. If you have the choice, read the book first and then watch the movie! After all, the book was written by Saroo himself, but the movie was created by an entire team of people who brought in their own influence. I loved both, but the book felt a bit more personal and raw than the movie. But I found the story so moving that I wanted to read the book too. I watched the movie “Lion” not knowing much about it and the book behind it. Well, I did it the other way but not on purpose. I know that it’s advisable to read a book and then watch the movie. It is a compelling and impressive story about getting lost, finding a new family and searching for his way back home. He tells his story about the way he lived as a child, how he tragically got separated from his family and the way his life evolved after that. ![]() Lion is a memoir about a little boy who got lost in India.
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