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Moon Unit Zappa


Born
in New York City, The United States
September 28, 1967

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Literature & Fiction, Humor


Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress, musician and author. She goes by the name Moon Zappa; "Unit" is her middle name.

Zappa was born in New York City, the eldest child of Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business, and musician Frank Zappa.

She has appeared in numerous films and performed on numerous albums with the Zappas, Julie Brown and the Vandals.

To date, America the Beautiful is her only novel. Wild Child: Girlhoods in the Counterculture is a documentary style exploration of the offspring of the flower children.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 3,448 ratings · 477 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
Earth to Moon: A Memoir
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America the Beautiful
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“Everyone has flaws. It's a matter of finding the ones you can live with.”
― Moon Unit Zappa
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“I had a friend whose family had dinner together every day. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. It just seemed so amazing to me.”
― Moon Unit Zappa
tags: dining-table, etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, manners, parenting, parenting-children
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“Even my past struggles make sense to me—I learned everything not to do so I could do everything right for our child.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir
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