Revised and updated edition published October 2022.

This is Pauline’s story but reveals Frank Zappa’s home life not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsals with the Mothers of Invention, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more.

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Translated into Italian, Spanish, Czech and published across Mexico, Chile, Columbia Uruguay and Argentina as well as USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the book was adapted into a BBC Radio 4 drama, broadcast on May 6, 2014.

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A film is in development.