Bumblebee Brain is a story of adaptation and the comical failed attempts to fit in, told by a dreamer who moved through the world like a "drunken bumblebee."
Judith Holofernes looks back on her childhood in the 70s and 80s, before terms like neurodiversity were common. She tells of her training as a people pleaser, her nonconformist mother, and her journey to becoming a rock star. It is a book about how she managed to carry her own unique qualities into adulthood, proving that one can be both nice and special.