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Big Easter plans have been thrown out the window, as families try to contain COVID-19 with smaller events to allow for social distancing. Parties at this time of year are…

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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Home for the Easter holidays