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Saroo Brierley
Memoir & Personal Growth
Indian-born Australian businessman and author who was separated from his family at age six and reunited 25 years later after finding his hometown via Google Earth.
Biography
Born Sheru Munshi Khan around 1981, Saroo Brierley is an Indian-born Australian businessman and author. At age six he was accidentally separated from his biological family and was later adopted by an Australian couple.
Twenty-five years later he located and was reunited with his original family after finding his hometown using Google Earth. His story generated significant international media attention, especially in Australia and India. He wrote an autobiographical account, A Long Way Home, published in Australia in 2013 and released internationally in 2014. That book was adapted as the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Lion, which starred Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel as Saroo, David Wenham as his adoptive father John Brierley, and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mother Sue Brierley.
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Books by Saroo Brierley
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is Brierley’s autobiographical account, published in Australia in 2013 and released internationally in 2014; it was adapted into the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Lion.