Lion: Previously published as A Long Way Home: A Memoir
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A Long Way Home
EN USISBN: 0399584692 bzw. 9780399584695, in Englisch, NAL, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
adoption,anthropology,australian,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,cultural,ethnic and national,memoirs, Lion (Movie Tie-In), THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand to mouth in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings . . .until the five-year-old boarded a train alone and got lost. For twenty-five years. This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he wound up on the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he later wound up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. And how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination and a heap of luck--and the advent of Google Earth--he found his way home. Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS Previously published as A Long Way Home.
adoption,anthropology,australian,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,cultural,ethnic and national,memoirs, Lion (Movie Tie-In), THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand to mouth in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings . . .until the five-year-old boarded a train alone and got lost. For twenty-five years. This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he wound up on the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he later wound up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. And how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination and a heap of luck--and the advent of Google Earth--he found his way home. Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS Previously published as A Long Way Home.
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Lion (Movie Tie-In)
EN NW EBISBN: 9780399584695 bzw. 0399584692, in Englisch, Penguin Publishing Group, neu, E-Book.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Ebook for download.
Family & Relationships, 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 Maranominated 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 homein 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, eBook.
Family & Relationships, 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 Maranominated 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 homein 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, eBook.
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