Lisa Marie Presley Recalls Sweet Memory With Elvis In New Posthumous Memoir
By Logan DeLoye
September 25, 2024
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, completed by her daughter Riley Keough in 2023, finally has a release date!
According to People, Keough was able to recall intimate details her mother shared about navigating life in the spotlight with a famous father through conversations that occurred before her untimely passing in July 2023, and tapes that fueled the intimate account, slated for release next month!
"Wherever possible, I wrote it exactly as she said it. In other cases, I’ve edited my mother’s words for clarity or to get at what I know was the root of what she was trying to convey. What mattered most to me was feeling like the end result sounded like her, that I could instantly recognize her in the pages, and I can."
In the highly-anticipated memoir, Presley details a dislike for the limelight, while simultaneously enjoying the unmatched "electricity" of her father's shows. The singer also elaborated on beautiful moments with Elvis as a child, zooming in on a parent-teacher conference he attended at a her school.
"In Los Angeles I went to school at John Thomas Dye, up in the hills of Bel Air. I still sometimes drive by it just to remember the day my dad came to a parent-teacher conference. I knew he was coming, and I couldn’t wait. I could feel the teachers’ nervousness and excitement, too. My little student friends were so excited that I got even more excited — everybody was just running around crazy."
Presley continued:
"Then my dad showed up. He got out of the car and he had on a respectable outfit — black pants and some kind of blouse — but he was also wearing a big, majestic belt with buckles and jewels and chains, as well as sunglasses. He was smoking a cigar. I met him at the car, and I walked up the walkway with him, and I just remember that feeling of walking next to him, holding his hand."
Interested individuals will be able to get their hands on a handful of stories similar to the above, and so much more in Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, out October 8th!