"Marybeth Holleman has brought together her tremendous writing skills and her knowledge of places, science, environmental issues, art, and the human heart to create a compelling novel about the forces that entwine lives and events." -- Anchorage Daily News , favorite books of 2025 "The search for self-understanding, personally and professionally, is the driving force of Bloom Again , a beautifully written debut novel by Marybeth Holleman, in which two women, an artist and a scientist, grapple with their lives in a warming world. With the urgency of a true crime narrative, Holleman plumbs their emotional depths as they struggle with mid-life crises, while managing to walk the reader through the global complexity of climate issues. It's time for many things to change." -- EcoLit "Holleman's contrast between these two women, their childhood and adult connections, and the blossoming climate change issues that embrace and redirect their lives makes for a thought-provoking, suggestive novel of transformation and renewed purposes. Bloom Again deserves attention not just from individual readers, but book clubs and discussion groups interested in literary fiction that embraces environmental issues and personal responsibility. Librarians and readers seeking stories that offer bigger picture revelations about the effect of climate and habitat on their everyday lives and choices will find Bloom Again's special brand of literary presentation and social inspection to be a potent blend of idealism and practical approaches to making a difference in the world. Its special brand of wonder, transformation, and life-changing adaptations and actions makes for an encouraging story of hope.

" --Midwest Book Review.