NYC - Following his critically acclaimed book “Frankie & Bobby: Growing Up   
   Zappa,” music legend Frank Zappa's younger brother Charles Robert “Bob”   
   Zappa is releasing a second book titled “Frankie & Bobby: The Rest of Our   
   Story.”   
      
   Bob's first book, “Frankie & Bobby: Growing Up Zappa,” is poignant and   
   insightful perspective on the life of one of the twentieth century's most   
   provocative and intriguing musicians. This “coming of age” memoir provided   
   readers with never before    
   told stories about events that helped shape Frank's political, social,   
   intellectual and creative development. The book begins with the brother's time   
   in Maryland from the late 1940's until the summer of 1967 in New York City   
   before Frank and the Mothers    
   went on their first of many European tours. This fascinating account describes   
   how the two brothers lived through, and handled, a series of events ranging   
   from amusing to life threatening. It is a must-read for anybody interested in   
   Frank's amazing life    
   that only his closest confidant and brother, Bobby, can tell.   
      
   Bob's new book “Frankie & Bobby: The Rest of Our Story” picks up where the   
   first volume leaves off... Says Bob, “For those of you who read my first   
   book, 'Frankie & Bobby: Growing Up Zappa', thank you. I hope you enjoyed it   
   and found that the    
   information about Frank added to your understanding his complex and brilliant   
   mind and his early development. This book tells the next chapter in our story.   
   It's about how my brother and I continued on our separate but intertwined   
   paths after his    
   successful long running show, 'Absolutely Free' (sic), at the Garrick Theater   
   in New York in the summer of 1967.   
      
   “When I decided to write the sequel to 'Frankie and Bobby: Growing Up   
   Zappa,' I wanted to provide readers with more personal stories that would fill   
   in gaps on how our lives intersected over the last decades of Frank's life. I   
   also wanted to describe    
   more about life in America during the Vietnam era and up to the present day to   
   help set the stage for events that fans have wondered about for a long time.   
   This time I added more about my own life's journey. I wanted to depict how   
   Frank and I maintained    
   our relationship because to me he was a 'regular guy,' except for his   
   extraordinary life in the public eye. He was my older brother and best friend   
   regardless of his talents, celebrity or public image. I think fans will find   
   this aspect interesting and    
   should help add a more human dimension to his image.   
      
   “There are also the episodes about Frank's own family - especially his wife,   
   Gail - that try to explain their curious relationship and how she interacted   
   with me and her own children. Of interest are how our mother, sister, and   
   brother, and especially    
   me, were kept from Frank's and his children's lives. The reasons for that are   
   still unclear to my niece Moon and nephew, Dweezil.   
      
   “But I do end on a positive note by describing my reunion with Moon and   
   Dweezil following Gail's death, after more than four decades of estrangement.   
   'Frankie and Bobby: The Rest of Our Story' provides new material that will   
   help Frank's fans add some    
   much needed pieces to the puzzle that is Frank Zappa.”   
      
   While there have been several books and documentaries about Frank Zappa, most   
   have forgotten to mention that Frank often referred to himself as “a regular   
   guy.” And that is one of the “driving forces” behind Bob's new book.   
      
   Says Co de Kloet, well-known radio personality and music producer in   
   Amsterdam, “By sharing personal, sometimes extremely personal stories about   
   his relationship with Frank, Bob gives us a clear view of that '   
   egular-guyness' quality, leaving the    
   importance and impact of his brother intact. By not just focusing on Frank and   
   giving us information about other relations and some of his own experiences,   
   he puts Frank in a new and sincere perspective. I had a great time reading it   
   and I hope it will    
   do well. Over the years I had a friendship with Herbie Cohen, Frank's manager   
   and business partner. He was at my farmhouse a few times and once when he was   
   reading something in a book about Zappa, he smiled and said, 'It is always fun   
   to read what people    
   THINK really happened (in Frank's life) but they haven't got a clue.' Bob   
   Zappa has! And that is what makes this book a must have.”   
      
   The book is also one of rejection, reconciliation and closure... As James   
   Cohen: Zappanale Master of Ceremonies explains, “A memoir is more than   
   recollection, it exposes a continuum of related events: Bob Zappa's 'Frankie &   
   Bobby - The Rest of Our    
   Story' is wisdom gained over time. Picking up where his first book left off,   
   it focuses on Bob's adventures in the US and elsewhere - a Swedish university   
   course in Deviant Behavior or a close brush with Soviet espionage. Bob's   
   ultimate purpose of    
   understanding how his alienation from his brother Frank's world developed, or   
   was created, overshadows these episodes. Climaxing with a series of rejections   
   relating to the passing of their mother Rose Marie and finally of Frank   
   himself, Bob celebrates    
   his subsequent reconciliation with Dweezil and Moon and a new life rooted deep   
   in his past…A great read, and for the Zappa faithful, optimistic closure.”   
      
   Distinguished Teaching Professor Joseph Klein, Dmus concludes, “Perhaps most   
   poignant are the episodes relating to Frank's own family- in particular his   
   wife, Gail…during the final years of Frank's life…and (sheds) light on a   
   matter that has    
   baffled and frustrated the Zappa fan community for decades…'Frankie and   
   Bobby: The Rest of Our Story' is essential reading for any Zappologist curious   
   for answers regarding some of the more enigmatic aspects of Frank's life.”   
      
   Bob Zappa's “Frankie & Bobby: The Rest of Our Story” is a must-read for   
   all fans of Frank Zappa!   
      
   To purchase “Frankie & Bobby: The Rest of Our Story”:    
   https://www.createspace.com/6991665 (United States)   
   http://www.amazon.com/dp/1544258798 (United States)   
   http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1544258798 (Canada - Book not currently available in   
   Canada)   
   http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1544258798 (United Kingdom)   
   http://www.amazon.de/dp/1544258798 (Germany)   
   http://www.amazon.es/dp/1544258798 (Spain)   
   http://www.amazon.fr/dp/1544258798 (France)   
   http://www.amazon.it/dp/1544258798 (Italy)   
      
      
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