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A powerful and moving account of adopting the boy who inspired the motion picture LION. Saroo Brierley's journey home to a small village in India with the help of Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major motion picture LION. But the story of how his adoptive mother, Sue, came into his life half a world away in Tasmania is every bit as riveting. In this uplifting and deeply personal book Sue reveals for the first time her own traumatic childhood. The daughter of a violent alcoholic whose business gambles left her family destitute, she grew up in geographic and emotional isolation. When Sue married and broke free of her father she was determined to also sever the cycle of despair, and made the selfless decision not to have a biological child. Instead, inspired by a vision she'd had as a young girl, she chose to adopt two children in need - Saroo and Mantosh. Little did she imagine that twenty-five years later she would be portrayed on screen by another Australian mother who chose to adopt - Nicole Kidman. Moving and inspiring, Lioness explores the myth of motherhood, how families are formed in many ways, and how love and perseverance can bring us together.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Random House Australia
ISBN-139780143796039
eBay Product ID (ePID)15049039258
Product Key Features
Book TitleLioness
AuthorSue Brierley
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2020
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSue Brierley
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia