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mumpireApril 18, 2018November 5, 2019

LIONESS BY SUE BRIERLEY
I’m not often attracted to biographies, but this compelling read is one reason I shouldn’t
automatically close myself off to the genre. I read this book because I am due to
interview the author, Sue Brierley, next week. And I’m conflicted by the thought that, if
not for that fact, I would have never enjoyed this truly amazing story.
Many years ago, Saroo Brierley, released his book, A Long Way Home, and in 2016 it
was made into a movie called Lion, featuring Dev Patel as Saroo and @nicolekidman as
his adoptive mother Sue. Now Sue tells her fascinating story, which to me was a
valuable missing piece to Saroo’s story. Sue bravely reveals her difficult childhood, filled
with deprivation and violence at the hands of her abusive father; the challenges on the
road to adopting, first Saroo, then Mantosh, from India and her almost lifelong fight for
people to understand her wish to be a mother through adoption rather than biology.
Sue doesn’t hold back portraying the darker elements of her life with the sweeter
moments providing a warts-and-all look into the challenges – bureaucratic and
emotional – of inter country adoption. Her book is beautifully written and peppered
with extracts from her diary to provide a complete account of her life, her setbacks, her
loves and her successes.
A wonderful and unique Australian story.
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Taking back control of your home