A Long Way Home

I heard a discussion about this book with Saroo Brierly on TV and downloaded the Kindle version 2 years ago. The book had me in tears of sadness but then joyl. A grown man crying on a sunbed is not a good sight! My partner read it while on holiday and when we returned I bought 2 copies of the paperback to give as presents to friends (something I have never done before). So much did the book affect me, when I was again watching t.v. and someone mentioned a new movie called "Lion" it only took one sentence before I knew it was the film of this book. I bought the DVD and though enjoyable, I urge you to read the book either instead of or as well.The book spends more time with young Saroo lost in Calcutta and that sense of hopelessness for a tiny boy has the reader on edge. The film, to me, skips over this period to get quickly to the adult Saroo and because of that I didn't enjoy it as much. One of the most enjoable reads - ever!

I only give this book a five-star after I saw how the director took this book and transferred into a film which had the most compelling first hour of a film I have ever watched; and I am film goer. LION was everything I hoped it would be in the first hour even if the second hour was badly cast and it disappointed me; I wish the focus had been on the story and not the over-weighted cast. While Dev Petal was appropriate, the way he was directed was over-indulgent; if he would have handled the role more low key to let the story speak for itself that would have been a better way to go; and the rest of the cast again overshadowed the simple storytelling of a most compelling and touching story. The book was so simple in its rendition I was shocked for the language was weak and the story delivery superficial when it was obvious there was so much depth, and potential. But, fortunately a producer or/and a director were able to see beyond the words in the book and transpose the story into film and give the story a new life on the screen; the first hour of LION was some of the best directing and casting I have witnessed in film and there was hardly any speaking/speech which made it even more memorable and heart-rendering.

I do love a true story whether it has a good or bad ending ,and this had a good ending. Now I'm waiting to see if the film is as good as the book. Would highly recommend that you read this book.

Brilliant read fast delivery would recommend

Disappointed in condition, had writting on the cover. I paid over the odds for book

a very great story

Fantastic story

This is a wonderful book, full of courage and compassion , well worth reading