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Our House Is on Fire : Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
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Paperback English
By (author) Greta Thunberg , By (author) Svante Thunberg , By (author) Malena Ernman , By (author) Beata Ernman


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 Gretas distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet.

Steered by Gretas determination to understand the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own suffering and the planets. 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.


Product details

Format Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions 140 x 208 x 23mm | 249g
Publication date 17 Mar 2020
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Penguin USA
Publication City/Country United States
Language English
ISBN10 0143133578
ISBN13 9780143133575
Bestsellers rank 114,715