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The author has been a Valley girl her entire adult life.

That recording became 1982’s “Valley Girl” — a left-field hit.

The triumph of “Valley Girl,” Frank Zappa’s only Top 40 hit, was Frank’s alone.

This took her years to unpack, especially when she discovered that her “Valley Girl” royalties had been withheld by her parents.

In her memoir, Zappa writes about trying to leverage “Valley Girl’s” success with a fitful acting career that, in retrospect, kept her away from higher education or pursuing a mainstream “civilian” career.