{"product_id":"lion-a-long-way-home","title":"Lion: A Long Way Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film,\u003ci\u003e Lion.\u003c\/i\u003e This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAs a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings... until the day he boarded a train alone and got lost. For twenty-five years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. And how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination, a heap of good luck and the power of Google Earth, he found his way back home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLion \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Amazing stuff' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press \u003c\/i\u003e(Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A remarkable story'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I literally could not put this book down. Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eManly Daily \u003c\/i\u003e(Australia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account...With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeekly Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Australia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 272 pages | Published January 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833356239197,"sku":"9781405930994","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/view_archive_bd8e3ca8-579e-4b7c-8958-93dc75242a19.jpg?v=1773406126","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/lion-a-long-way-home","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}