Bumblebee Brain

  • A memoir about neurodiversity and growing up "different"
  • Tender, tragicomic, and inspiring
  • Topics: Neurodiversity, Music, Creativity

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.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 12.03.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-01366-5
  • 304 Pages
  • Author: Judith Holofernes
Bumblebee Brain
Judith Holofernes Bumblebee Brain
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Judith Holofernes

Judith Holofernes is a singer, songwriter, and author. As the lead singer of Wir sind Helden , she shaped a generation of German music.

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