- Title:
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Lioness
- Written by:
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Sue Brierley
- Read by:
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Anna Skellern
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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8 hours 54 minutes
- Published:
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November 03 2020
- Available Date:
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November 03 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867500704
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Autobiography; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia
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Price
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The extraordinary untold story of Sue Brierley, adoptive mother of Saroo, the boy whose journey home to a small village in India by scrolling through countless satellite images on Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major 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 25 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.