It must be a hard balance for a ghostwriter to strike, not removing the author’s sense of identity while punching up the story. Since Saroo wisely chose to use a credited ghostwriter, I’m surprised there isn’t more complexity in the portrayal of such intense emotions and events. However, while the crux of the story is wonderful, I thought the writing in this book was simplistic and even a little uninspired. It’s discussion like this that remind us most immigrants are just trying to make their way in the world of change and often sadness. I appreciated how Brierley discusses the way it felt to be an immigrant to Australia, and the process of finding his niche. I have to admit that, while listening to this book, I used Google to see satellite images of Kolkata and the train station which figures in Saroo’s story. And the grown man Saroo, who doggedly pursued the details of his Indian birthplace, used that strength to being his two homes and families together. Somewhere inside the child was the strength of a grown man. How Saroo managed to survive on the streets of a city like Kolkata is amazing. It just requires the desire to give love. As a long-time stepmother, I understand that parental love doesn’t require biology. Saroo and his parents, both his Indian biological mother and his Australian adoptive parents, are inspiring.
It was great to have a finished book so early in the game! I’m glad I did, and as it turned out, I finished this book just an hour into the 24in48 readathon last weekend. She was effusive in her praise! So I picked up the audiobook version of A Long Way Home, which Lion is based on, when it went on sale.
#A LONG WAY HOME SAROO BRIERLEY LARRY BUTTROSE SPARK NOTES MOVIE#
Not long ago, my daughter-in-law told me how deeply she loved the movie Lion. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised.
He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall.
Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. 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. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Synopsis: When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines.
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