Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis"A must read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her

"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian

When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta's distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet.

Steered by Greta's determination to understand the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own suffering and the planet's. Written by a remarkable family and told through the voice of an iconoclastic mother, Our House Is on Fire is the story of how they fought their problems at home by taking global action. And it is the story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, igniting a worldwide rebellion.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/17/2020
ISBN: 9780143133575
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Booklist 03/01/2020 pg. 17
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2020