Praised as a book that “makes me believe that one man can make a difference” (Yo-Yo Ma), Strings Attached is the moving memoir of a tough teacher who made a real difference to generations of students. He is Jerry Kupchynsky, Mr. K, an irascible and revered public school music teacher. Joanne Lipman—former student turned award-winning journalist—and Melanie Kupchynsky—student, daughter, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist—collaborate to offer two separate and overlapping perspectives of the man who, over the years, brought a profound experience with music to thousands in and around East Brunswick, New Jersey. Despite traumatic boyhood experience in the Ukraine, decades of caring for a wife with multiple sclerosis, and even the tragic loss of a daughter, Mr. K worked over the years to teach hundreds of students not just to play an instrument or be part of an orchestra, but to be disciplined, develop confidence, and to believe in themselves.