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.
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.
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.
I remember watching the movie years ago, and crying and smiling so much I had to go and buy the book. It’s taken me a long time to get to it, but I did. I both read and listened to the audiobook, and I suggest you get to it if you haven’t already.
What a story! How brave Saroo was to do what he did at 5 years old! A little boy lost, I’m so glad he was smart enough to do some of the things he did, he saved his own life a few times. I was so glad he was adopted by a lovely family, and made a really good life for himself in Australia.
I loved listening to the parts he talks about sitting with his adoptive mother and describing his village in India, his new mother drawing a map and labelling everything he could remember. No spoilers here as it actually tells you he finds home in the blurb, but that moment when he does, the hope in my heart was huge, I can’t even imagine how it felt for him seeing those images on Google Earth.
What a beautiful story of absolute bravery and love, I’m off to google and find out a bit more information!
Read it, you won’t be disappointed.
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