Our House is on Fire

Malena Ernman, Greta Thunberg, Beata Ernman , Svante Thunberg

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Allen Lane
05 March 2020

Biography; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming; Coping with personal problems; Family & relationships

Every parent says that they would jump in front of a train to save their child. It's an instinct that no one denies. But when that 'train' finally arrives, it is very seldom a real, speeding locomotive...

This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Aged eleven, their eldest daughter has stopped eating and speaking. Alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, her parents slowly become aware of another source for her distress- her imperilled future on a rapidly heating planet.

Steered by her determination to understand the truth, the family begins to see the deep connections between their own and the planet's suffering. Against forces that try to silence them, disparaging them for being different, they discover ways to strengthen, heal, and act in the world. And then one day, fifteen-year-old Greta decides to go on strike.

By: Malena Ernman, Greta Thunberg, Beata Ernman, Svante Thunberg
Imprint: Allen Lane
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 287g
ISBN: 9780241446744
ISBN 10: 0241446740
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Greta Thunberg is a climate crisis activist from Sweden. Together with her father, Svante, her mother, Malena, and her sister, Beata, she has dedicated her life to protecting the living planet.

Reviews for Our House is on Fire

A cry ... a written testimony of the harbinger of disaster that is advancing towards us. The family's cry, the anxiety of each child, each adult, has a deeper meaning ... The very crisis of this family is, in reality, proof of their foresight and intelligence -- Sverker Sorlin * Dagens Nyheter * Startlingly profound insights into the life of a family -- Steffen Trumpf * DPA * By turns a moving and challenging book -- Arno Widmann * Berliner Zeitung * A touching, extraordinary story -- Alexandra von Poschinger * Passauer Neue Presse * In Scenes from the Heart the Thunberg / Ernman family process their shattering walk through hell in a readable way and with impressive openness -- Eva Stegen * The Friday * Reviews for international editions * . *