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Lioness by Sue Brierley
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Lioness

The extraordinary untold story of Sue Brierley, mother of Saroo, the boy known as LION

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Narrator Anna Skellern

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Length 8 hours 56 minutes
Language English
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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 twenty-five 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.

Anna Skellern has extensive international film and television credits including Sasha Krane's award-winning feature film SOLITARY, I GIVE IT A YEAR with Rose Byrne, Madonna's W.E., Ethan and Joel Cohen's feature GAMBIT, and BLOOD MOON. She had lead roles in BBC One's police drama THE INTERCEPTOR and BBC3's cult hit LIP SERVICE and appeared in Channel 4/AMC series HUMANS and the science fiction drama series ORIGIN for YouTube Premium. Anna had a recurring role in the popular BBC period drama PARADE'S END, and guest starred in the Emmy nominated comedy series SPY.

Anna's other feature credits include A NIGHT IN THE WOODS, THE DESCENT: PART 2 from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and Academy Award winning producer Christian Colson, and the African based SIREN directed by Andrew Hull. Her other television credits include a recurring role on OUTNUMBERED on the BBC, THE MUSKETEERS, BIRDS OF A FEATHER, PLEBS, DRIFTERS, A PASSIONATE WOMAN, POIROT and THE BILL.

Anna's work on The West End has included the UK premiere of Tommy Murphy's HOLDING THE MAN with Jane Turner, THE VEGEMITE TALES and the role of Candela in the UK premiere of Pedro Almodovar's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN directed by multi-Tony award-winning director Bartlett Sher. She has also performed at The Royal National Theatre for the debut of David Hare's THE RED BARN with Elizabeth Debicki.

Anna has recorded numerous audiobooks including, FAITHLESS by Alice Nelson, MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER'S DAUGHTER by Lizzie Pook, FLAMES by Robbie Arnott, THE IMITATOR by Rebecca Starford, THE GOOD TEACHER by Petronella McGovern, FAR FROM HOME by Rosie Ayliffe and LIONESS by Sue Brierley.

Anna Skellern has extensive international film and television credits including Sasha Krane's award-winning feature film SOLITARY, I GIVE IT A YEAR with Rose Byrne, Madonna's W.E., Ethan and Joel Cohen's feature GAMBIT, and BLOOD MOON. She had lead roles in BBC One's police drama THE INTERCEPTOR and BBC3's cult hit LIP SERVICE and appeared in Channel 4/AMC series HUMANS and the science fiction drama series ORIGIN for YouTube Premium. Anna had a recurring role in the popular BBC period drama PARADE'S END, and guest starred in the Emmy nominated comedy series SPY.

Anna's other feature credits include A NIGHT IN THE WOODS, THE DESCENT: PART 2 from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and Academy Award winning producer Christian Colson, and the African based SIREN directed by Andrew Hull. Her other television credits include a recurring role on OUTNUMBERED on the BBC, THE MUSKETEERS, BIRDS OF A FEATHER, PLEBS, DRIFTERS, A PASSIONATE WOMAN, POIROT and THE BILL.

Anna's work on The West End has included the UK premiere of Tommy Murphy's HOLDING THE MAN with Jane Turner, THE VEGEMITE TALES and the role of Candela in the UK premiere of Pedro Almodovar's WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN directed by multi-Tony award-winning director Bartlett Sher. She has also performed at The Royal National Theatre for the debut of David Hare's THE RED BARN with Elizabeth Debicki.

Anna has recorded numerous audiobooks including, FAITHLESS by Alice Nelson, MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER'S DAUGHTER by Lizzie Pook, FLAMES by Robbie Arnott, THE IMITATOR by Rebecca Starford, THE GOOD TEACHER by Petronella McGovern, FAR FROM HOME by Rosie Ayliffe and LIONESS by Sue Brierley.

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