Tiffany Murray: My Family and Other Rock Stars

In a small corner of a field in Wales, Tiffany Murray is hiding with Boggle the dog, dreaming of her mum’s moussaka, blackberry andapple 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 a dog, she’s looking for a father; but the one constant throughout is her and Joan, building an unconventional family in the most unlikely of locations.

‘A sublime account of famed Welsh music studio Rockfield… This childhood tale, then, is Cider With Rosie, but fuelled with something far stronger – Lemmy’s Jack Daniel’s, perhaps.’ Book of the Day, Nick Duerden, The Observer

From start to end – very, very good.’ Roddy Doyle