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. * New Republic *
An urgent, lucid, courageous account. . . . Everyone 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. -- David Mitchell * 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. -- Telegraph
A book about finding purpose as a route to recovery. * Sunday Telegraph *
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 awakeniThis 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.ng 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 *
Reviews for international editions * . *
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 *
A touching, extraordinary story -- Alexandra von Poschinger * Passauer Neue Presse *
By turns a moving and challenging book -- Arno Widmann * Berliner Zeitung *
Startlingly profound insights into the life of a family -- Steffen Trumpf * DPA *
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 *
