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Malena Ernman

Our House is on Fire

Our House is on Fire

Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

Summary

This is the story of a happy family whose life suddenly fell apart, never to be the same again. Of two devoted parents plunged into a waking nightmare as their eleven-year-old daughter stopped speaking and eating, and her younger sister struggled to cope.

This crisis was not theirs alone: they were burned-out people on a burned-out planet.

Our House is on Fire
is the story of how one family found ways to strengthen, heal, and gain courage from the love they had for each other - and for the living world. It is a parable of hope and determination in an emergency that affects us all.