Earth to Moon
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Moon Unit Zappa
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Moon Unit Zappa
About this listen
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling house.
For Moon Unit, daughter of musician Frank Zappa and his 'manager', Gail, processing a life so unique, so punctuated by the whims of creative urges, the tastes of popular culture and the calculus of celebrity, has at times been eviscerating. But it is her deep sense of humour and unshakeable humility that keeps her - and this memoir - pinned to the ground.
A child-star at age 14 after her accidental international hit single (recorded with her father), 'Valley Girl', turned her into a reluctant celebrity, Moon Unit Zappa's life has been utterly extraordinary from her birth in 1967 into a family that was already blessed/cursed as music royalty thanks to the acknowledged genius of Frank. But what are the consequences of growing up in a family who spend most of their time naked arguing about sexual/extra-marital liaisons and practising white magic in a free-for-all state of nonconformist, virtuoso abandon?
Earth to Moon is a reckoning with self-esteem, the ghosts of the past and a mother and a father who, in the process of leaving their mark upon on the world, scarred their first daughter on home soil. Brutally self-deprecating and funny as hell, it belies a rose-tinted perspective on the 70s and 80s west coast American scene, from within the belly of the beast of the rock and roll world.
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- Paul Christiansen
- 24-10-2024
Ouch
Fascinating & frustrating. The number of times I wanted to grab Moon & tell her to wake up & stop defending her mother! I love Frank’s music, but it’s apparent from this memoir that he had no interest in being a father. And Gail… what a piece of work. Moon’s willingness to forgive her is admirable but something I can’t understand.
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- Belvedere Spudge
- 10-04-2025
Beautifully written & read if a bit frustrating
For much of the book I was very much in Moons corner; a young mind negotiating a wildly chaotic, and at time wildly inappropriate environment with an absent, self-absorbed workaholic dad and a mum who seemingly channelled her frustrations into her kids rather than the places they actually belonged. Moon is a fine writer; her vivid descriptions combined with the excellent reading provide a sense of time and place and immediacy to scenes that could be hard for less voices to convey.
The back third of the book was less satisfying, speeding past glimpses of the Gail-spawned legal troubles around the Zappa estate which either needed a more fleshing out or simply be left off entirely. I would have been more than happy to Moon to draw the line at her life with Gail and Frank and leave the rest to the public record. Instead, the book closes on note of forgiveness and resolution that while hopefully real for Moons sake, feels more like a wish and a want on her part.
If only human beings resolved as neatly as fictional narratives. Families, huh?
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-09-2024
Very well written and presented
I liked the whole story but I was slightly annoyed that I wasn’t thanked at the end
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- Thomas Snook
- 22-09-2024
Authenticity and heart in a very personal account
I loved how this memoir brought me so close to the author. I really felt the pain by and joy of her journey. Having Moon reading her own story also connected me with her and her life and gave me so much to take away and contemplate in my own battle with past trauma and adversity.
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- Josh Bonnett
- 19-11-2024
incredible story telling
Came into this for stories about Frank and his music but got so much more out of it. Moon has been through so much and shares it all in a very balanced and reasoned way. The complexities of family and the entertainment business are laid out with freshness and humour.
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