Book Review: What makes a rock star?

From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
Virginia Hanlon Grohl, Coronet

From Cradle to Stage tells the fascinating and intimate tales of mothers Verna Griffin (Dr Dre), Carolyn Williams (Pharell Williams), Janis Winehouse (Amy Winehouse), Patsy Noah (Adam Levine), Donna Haim (the Haim sisters), and Hester Diamond (Mike D of The Beastie Boys), among others.

No one has known you longer than your mum — rock stars no exception. Crack open this eye-opening novel by Virginia Grohl, mother of Dave Grohl, which tears down the facade of celebrity personalities and reaches into the pure heart of family relations. Grohl drives her story forward with a humanising sweetness sure to leave you grinning at the stars you thought you knew.