A New Kind of Wilderness

Maria didn’t want to live in a rat race for the best job, the nicest house, and the highest salary. Together with her husband Nik and their children, she decided to live on a small farm in the Norwegian forests. The family’s free life in harmony with nature and their own values, which Maria captured in photos and on her blog, was turned upside down when she succumbed to cancer in 2019. An intimate longitudinal study records how the family copes with her loss as well as the demands of modern society. The story of momentous life decisions and our responsibility towards the planet emphasises the children’s perspective in particular. It is their presence and personalities that help Nik to keep going.