“An astonishing and urgently necessary book. One of our leading national and global activists, Mike Tidwell in this book makes the climate catastrophe utterly local and personal, analyzing what global warming has meant on his block and in his home. A remarkable book that will change the way you think about climate change...”

“Powerful … Tidwell is an excellent reporter whose hyperlocal focus shines light on how the climate crisis shapes the lives of ordinary individuals. This will stick with readers long after they finish the last page.”

"Tidwell stands alongside many other trumpet-playing angels of the apocalypse — Rachel Carson, James Hansen, Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, to name a few — in the ongoing fight to save our planet. It’s the kind of feel-good read we need right now."

“Few American writers render the climate crisis so vividly—not in statistics and headlines, but in the daily elegies sung quietly in the backs of our heads. This is a book about community, human and non-, holding together as the places we live in come apart.”

"Mike Tidwell tells the story of how climate change is unfolding in his literal backyard, following the changes he can see in a single neighborhood. He reminds us that the fight for our planet begins at home, revealing how the fate of our planet—and our neighbors—are inextricably linked..."

"Beautiful. Not only is Mike Tidwell a very fine writer, there's almost no one I know who's earned more of a right to set forward their ideas about how we climb out of the climate mess. For decades he has fought the fossil fuel industry, and done it creatively, effectively, and tirelessly. I'm awfully glad he's taken the time now to reflect."