Book Review: Moon Unit Zappa memoir rides messy legacy of father's genius on journey to self-love

Moon Unit Zappa's memoir, “Earth to Moon,” recounts a childhood in 1970s Hollywood in quirky and unconventional musical visionary Frank Zappa's shadow. In her review, the Associated Press’ Julie Carr Smyth says it's an extended, nuanced, often funny, sometimes painful coming-of-age story. The book’s title carries the power of Moon's journey. Her mother used the phrase to scold her as a child, but as the 56-year-old actor, comic, podcaster and “tea baroness” matured, it came to symbolize the grounding energy of appreciating her place on the planet. She urges readers: “make peace with what hurts and head toward joy.”