One night, Saroo went with Guddu to the train station in the next town, where incredibly tired, he decided to sleep on a station platform bench. Guddu and Kallu even began going up and down the rail line to beg and scrounge, or to find work where they can. ![]() While Kamla earned the equivalent of a $1.30 each day, Saroo and his brothers hit the streets to scrounge and beg for food. The family, abandoned by Kamla’s husband for another family, barely scraped by. As a young boy of about five or six, Saroo loved his family, including his mother, Kamla, his brothers, Guddu and Kallu, and his sister, Shekila. Titch and Irene begin to repair their relationship, and Neil grows up to be a successful doctor.Note: This study guide specifically refers to the June 2015 Berkley Books/Random House trade paperback edition of A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly.Ī Long Way Home: A Boy’s Incredible Journey from India to Australia and Back Again is a memoir by Saroo Brierly which recounts his childhood journey of being lost in India and adopted, and his adulthood journey of returning to India to retrace his steps and find his family. However, Bachhuber is arrested and receives a lengthy prison sentence after he engages in a violent altercation at the settlement. Neil expresses interest in meeting his father. In Bacchus Marsh, Irene receives a visit from Bachhuber’s wife and his son, Neil, who is in fact Bachhuber’s biological son. The history lessons largely focus on the oppression historically faced by Aboriginal Australians at the hands of white Australians. He teaches them various academic subjects, such as history. Meanwhile, at the Aboriginal settlement, Bachhuber takes on the role of schoolteacher for the children there. Titch and Irene win the race, but their relationship has become strained. Titch has a (false) suspicion that Irene and Bachhuber secretly had sex. Bachhuber decides to drop out of the race and go with the men to the Aboriginal settlement where they live. They reveal to Bachhuber that he is actually of partially Aboriginal descent. At one point, they encounter some Aboriginal men, and Bachhuber begins to converse with them. Irene and Bachhuber continue on with the race. Titch, stricken with grief, drops out of the race. At one point, Dan accidentally crashes and dies. However Titch’s father entered the race as well to try to sabotage them. ![]() Bachhuber’s planning and navigation give them a big advantage in the race. Irene, Titch, and Bachhuber go to the city of Sydney for the start of the race. Bachhuber is technically married, but he left his wife after she gave birth to a child of visibly Aboriginal descent, leading Bachhuber to believe that she had an affair. Bachhuber is highly intelligent and makes a living as a recurring contestant on a quiz show. ![]() They also decide to participate in the Redex Trial-an arduous, long-distance car race-in order to gain free publicity for their business.įor the race, Irene and Titch recruit their neighbor, Willie Bachhuber, to be their navigator. Titch and Irene consider opening a franchise dealership of another car brand. Unfortunately, Titch’s cruel and domineering father Dan is also a car dealer, and to spite them, he relocates his Ford dealership to Bacchus Marsh so that they cannot open their own. Their goal is to open a Ford franchise dealership in Bacchus Marsh. They are both car enthusiasts, and Titch is a used car salesman. Married couple Titch and Irene Bobs have recently moved to Bacchus Marsh. The novel opens in 1953 in the suburban Australian town of Bacchus Marsh. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Carey, Peter.
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