MY FAMILY AND OTHER ROCK STARS

A book of the year for the Times the Sunday Times the Independent the Guardian and the Daily Mail Charming heartbreaking sometimes both funny and unsettling and always from start to end very very good RODDY DOYLE Magical as scrumptious as the home made mayonnaise pumpkin soup and game pie coming out of Joan s kitchen DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK A love letter to a remarkable childhood A total joy SARAH WINMAN In a small corner of a field in Wales Tiffany Murray is hiding with Boggle the dog dreaming of her mum s moussaka blackberry and apple crumble and if she s lucky ice cold lemonade A sheep bleats The smell of hay tickles her nose The twang of a guitar and crack of a snare carry on the breeze It s the late 1970s and Tiff lives with her mum Joan at Rockfield the iconic recording studios This place of legend where some of the most famous rock albums of all time were recorded is the background to a freewheeling ever changing whirlwind of a childhood Tiff s days are spent running around the farm making friends with local wildlife and helping out with the endless array of dishes her mum creates to keep the bands fed She s looking for