AT HOME ON AN UNRULY PLANET Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth

Madeline Ostrander narrates in tones of warning, anger, and sadness as she ticks off the environmental crises facing the world. She adds something else, too: sentiment. Ostrander voices the fears of a female smoke jumper as the fires come near her town and endanger her home. Listeners hear Ostrander's gently spun account of life in a village in the Alaskan permafrost before hearing of efforts to move the homes to outrun climate change. Ostrander takes on an angry tone as she tells the story of Californians who protest against a refinery after a fire. Her final plea for listeners to take action is voiced softly as she reminds us that everyone is affected by climate change. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2023]