Greta Thunberg is a climate crisis activist from Sweden. In August
2018, she decided not to go to school one day, starting a strike
outside the Swedish Parliament. Her actions sparked a global
movement to fight the climate crisis, inspiring millions of
students to go on strike for our planet. Greta has Asperger's and
considers it a gift which has enabled her to see the climate crisis
in "black and white." She has won the prestigious Prix Liberté, has
been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and was selected as Time's
Person of the Year in 2019. She is the author of the New York Times
bestseller No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.
Together with her mother, the celebrated opera singer Malena
Ernman, her sister, Beata Ernman, and her father, Svante Thunberg,
she has dedicated her life to protecting the living planet.
"[Our House Is on Fire] feels like a new form of nonfiction,
intimate and approachable as a photo album: a family memoir. . . .
This is also a remarkable story of togetherness: a modern family
shifting and pivoting to keep each person afloat." —The New
Republic
“An urgent, lucid, courageous account. . . . [E]veryone with an
interest in the future of the planet should read this book. It is a
clear-headed diagnosis. It is a glimpse of a saner world. It is
fertile with hope.” —The Guardian
"An extraordinary account of how one family rose, with unshakable
moral clarity, to the tremendous responsibility of being alive at
the moment when our immediate collective decisions will determine
the fate of life on Earth. They share their story of courage not
because they want our accolades, but because they demand our
company. Greta Thunberg has already inspired a global moment--this
book is part of how we will win." —Naomi Klein
“A surprisingly funny and optimistic book. Thunberg and her family
might be screaming ‘FIRE’ on a crowded planet. But they believe we
have the power to put that fire out if we act, right here, right
now.” —The Telegraph (UK)
“A book about finding purpose as a route to recovery.” —Sunday
Times (UK)
“This blazingly candid family memoir reveals the grueling and
bewildering struggles that propelled Greta onto the world stage. .
. . An unnerving and profoundly enlightening chronicle of the
symbiosis between human and planetary health as manifest within one
remarkable family whose painful awakening to our ‘acute
sustainability crisis’ should embolden us all.” —Booklist, starred
review
“An impassioned call to action and a vulnerable family portrait of
neurodiversity.” —Kirkus
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