The book 'From Here to the Great Unknown - A Memoir' by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, has been released and climbed to No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list.
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.”
Note: The U.K. version of the book omitted the part about the sexual abuse of Lisa Marie Presley by Michael Edwards.
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 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. Other languages to follow.
The audiobook edition is narrated by Riley Keough and celebrated actor, Julia Roberts with several audio pieces from the cassette-tapes that were recorded by Lisa Marie Presley and used by Riley Keough to finish the book.
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Elvis author Alana Nash posted on Facebook "I found Lisa and Riley's book profoundly moving. Still, lots of things go unsaid, including Lisa’s difficult split from Scientology, her contentious custody battle with Lockwood (ongoing at Lisa’s death), and Priscilla’s audacious lawsuit against her granddaughter for control of Lisa’s estate. Tellingly, there are no pictures of Priscilla in the book.
I loved little glimpses into her relationship with Elvis, too, like this one, which got cut from my piece for length: "He once smacked her hand (“I felt like my life was over”), and later, she awoke from sleep to find him standing next to her bed. “He was holding a puppet, a basset hound, making it mouth the words while he sang ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ to me.” When he was done singing, my dad hugged me and said he was sorry.”
Even if I were not interested in Elvis, and if I had not met and interviewed Lisa, I would find much of this book unforgettable. I know it will stick with me for a long, long time."
You can pre-order the book from >>> Amazon (Associate link).
Best Sellers Rank in Amazon Books as of 11.31 am ET, October 11, 2024
# 1 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
# 1 in Love & Loss
# 1 and #2 in Memoirs (Books)
# 1 #2 and and #3 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies