A long way home
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Buttrose, Larry, 1952- author.
Published
New York : Berkley Books, 2015.
ISBN
9780425276198, 0425276198
Lexile measure
1090L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bensenville Community Public Library District - Nonfiction | 362.734092 BRI | On Shelf |
Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 362.734 BRI | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - Adult and Teen Services Display | 362.734 BRI | On display |
Frankfort Public Library District - Stacks | WORLD HISTORY BIOGRAPHY BRIERLEY | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Biography | BIOG BRIERLEY, S. C2 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adopted children -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Birthparents -- India -- Identification.
Brierley, Saroo -- Family.
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India.
Brierley, Saroo.
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography.
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography.
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Intercountry adoption -- India.
Kolkata (India) -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Birthparents -- India -- Identification.
Brierley, Saroo -- Family.
Brierley, Saroo -- Travel -- India.
Brierley, Saroo.
East Indians -- Australia -- Biography.
Hobart (Tas.) -- Biography.
Intercountry adoption -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Intercountry adoption -- India.
Kolkata (India) -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Berkley Books, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
273 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780425276198, 0425276198
Lexile measure
1090
Notes
General Note
Adapted into a 2016 motion picture titled Lion.
Description
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 hometown, he managed to survive for weeks on that city's rough streets. Soon after, he was adopted by a couple in Tasmania. But despite growing up in a loving upper-middle class Aussie family, Saroo still clung to the last memories of his hometown and family in India, and always wondered if he'd ever find them again. Amazingly, twenty-five years later, with some dogged determination and a heap of luck -- and the advent of Google Earth -- he did.
Target Audience
1090L,Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brierley, S., & Buttrose, L. (2015). A long way home (Berkley trade paperback edition.). Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brierley, Saroo and Larry Buttrose. 2015. A Long Way Home. Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brierley, Saroo and Larry Buttrose. A Long Way Home Berkley Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brierley, Saroo,, and Larry Buttrose. A Long Way Home Berkley trade paperback edition., Berkley Books, 2015.
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