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News had surfaced in 2019 that Lisa Marie had landed a book deal for US$3 to US$4 million.
Description: Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley was never truly understood, until now. Before her death in 2023, she’d been working on a raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir for years, recording countless hours of breathtakingly vulnerable tape, which has finally been put on the page by her daughter, Riley Keough.
Keough listened to many hours of tape recordings her mother had recorded for the book. “She listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs at Graceland, just the two of them, a sanctuary from the chaos of her life,” according to Random House.
The 304-page book also will address “Lisa Marie’s complicated relationship with her mother Priscilla” and about growing up in the public spotlight including her marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. Presley also talked about “the shattering loss of her son, Riley’s brother Benjamin Keough, to suicide.”
Keough said in a statement, “Few people had the opportunity to know who my mom really was, other than being Elvis’s daughter. I was lucky to have had that opportunity and working on preparing her autobiography for publication has been a privilege, albeit a bittersweet one. I’m so excited to share my mom now, at her most vulnerable and most honest, and in doing so, I do hope that readers come to love my mom as much as I did.”
Also set for release on that date is an audiobook edition read by Riley and including what Random House says are “never-before-heard recollections in Lisa Marie’s own voice.
Random House indicated that Keough “carried a guilt” that the memoir had not been finished at the time of Presley’s death and feared the world “would never know the loving, joyful, and caring woman that she knew and grieved”.
About the authors: Lisa Marie Presley was a singer and songwriter who was born in Memphis and raised at Graceland as the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She released three studio albums throughout her music career, 'To Whom It May Concern', 'Now What', and 'Storm & Grace', the first of which was certified gold. Lisa Marie passed away in January 2023.
Riley Keough is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress. She is known for her work in 'Daisy Jones & the Six', 'Zola', and more. She also co-directed 'War Pony' (2022), which won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, and cofounded the production company Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell. She is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and sole trustee of Graceland.
The book will also be published in translation in 8 additional languages, including: Spanish by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, German by Penguin Verlag, Portuguese (Brazil) by Rocco, Dutch by Spectrum Life, Finnish by Johnny Kniga, French by JC Lattes, Polish by Marginesy, and Estonian by Tanapaev.
You can pre-order the book from >>> Amazon (Associate link).
Trevor Simpson Died
Trevor Simpson, Elvis fan, author and radiomaker died. Sadly he lost his battle against cancer. Another sad loss for the Elvis community.
(Source: Deadline / Lisa Marie Book / Simpson Family)