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STRINGS ATTACHED
LIPMAN, JOANNE
Strings Attached is the story of a brilliant but ferocious music teacher who came to be known as "Mr. K"
told in the alternating first person perspectives of his former student—award-winning journalist Joanne
Lipman—and his daughter—Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky. A Ukrainian
immigrant who survived an abusive childhood, Mr. K used music as a means of escape. The authors
bring the extraordinary character of Mr. K to life—from his days as a forced Nazi laborer to his home life
as a husband to an invalid wife to the terrifying challenges he hurtled from behind the music stand, in a
thick Ukrainian accent. Mr. K pushed his students harder than their parents, harder than their other
teachers and coaches, and through sheer force of will made them better than they had any right to be. It
wasn’t until years later that his students realized how much they loved him for it. At Mr. K's memorial
service, three generations of students flew in from all over the country to play a concert in his memory,
having finally understood his tough lessons. Mr. K’s subject was music, but the lessons he taught were
universal ones about resilience, the power of a “can do” attitude, and achieving excellence in life. Strings
Attached tells Mr. K’s story—a narrative that is itself as absorbing as fiction—giving readers the
opportunity to experience the lessons of the world’s toughest teacher for themselves.
BIOGRAPHY/INSPIRATIONAL 1ST PRINTING 150,000
HYPERION
352 PAGES
9781401324667
$27.99 HC
OCTOBER 2013
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
KIVES, BARTLEY & SCOTT, BRYAN
A look at dissenting views of Winnipeg by Winnipeg Free Press columnist Bartle Kives, with stunning
photographs from the blogger behind Winnipeg Love Hate.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
GREAT PLAINS
9781926531847
$29.95 TP Original
NOVEMBER 2013
176 PAGES
SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES
SHAPTON, LEANNE
Sunday Night Movies features Leanne Shapton’s watercolors of resonant moments in black-and-white
cinema. Selecting a brief fragment of each chosen film, she creates an indelible image that is both a
hand-painted movie still and a personal response to a fleeting celluloid moment. Together, the seventyeight
paintings create a valentine to the world of cinema. Shapton’s journey through film history becomes
a wistful celebration of the subtle moments in stories, which can often slip by unnoticed. What could be a
simple title, still life, or portrait of an actor becomes both illusive and allusive through the medium of these
personal paintings.
FILM
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
9781770461277
$19.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
96 PAGES