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A long way home

When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a world away, his story made global headlines. That story is being published in several languages around the world and is currently being adapted into a major feature film. Brierley was born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He lives in Hobart, Tasmania.

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  • "A long way home"@it
  • "Long way home"@pl

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  • "When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost birthplace half a world away, his story made global headlines. That story is being published in several languages around the world and is currently being adapted into a major feature film. Brierley was born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He lives in Hobart, Tasmania."@en
  • "When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pour over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother."
  • "Aged five, Saroo Brierley was separated from his older brother and ended up alone on the streets of Calcutta. After weeks surviving alone, he was taken into an orphanage and later adopted by an Australian couple. Although happy with his new family, Saroo couldn't help but think about the family he'd lost. Years later, he swapped the map of India on his wall for Google Earth, scouring it for landmarks he knew from his childhood. One day, he saw something he recognised. And he set off on a journey to find his mother, half a world away . . ."@en
  • "One evening, five-year-old Saroo left his poor village home in India to watch his older brother work at the next town's train station. His life was about to be utterly transformed. Lost and alone on an unfamiliar train, he found himself taken across the country and deposited in a strange city, unable to explain who he was or whe."

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  • "Guidebooks"
  • "Guidebooks"@en
  • "Pamiętniki australijskie"@pl
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "A long way home : a memoir"
  • "A long way home"@en
  • "A long way home"
  • "A long way home : a memoir"@en
  • "Mein langer Weg nach Hause Wie ich als Fünfjähriger verloren ging und fünfundzwanzig Jahre später meine Familie wiederfand"
  • "La lunga strada per tornare a casa"@it
  • "La lunga strada per tornare a casa"
  • "Je voulais retrouver ma mère"
  • "Long way home"@en
  • "Daleko od domu"@pl
  • "Mein langer Weg nach Hause : Fünfjähriger verloren ging und fünfundzwanzig Jahre später meine Familie wiederfand"

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