Synopses & Reviews
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa
Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw,
riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter,
Riley Keough.
In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir.
A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know
her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring,
and complicated woman that Riley loved and grieved.
Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book,
laid in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about
smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the
unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just
the two of them. About getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as
she ran towards his body on the floor. About living in Los Angeles with
her mother, getting sent to school after school, always kicked out,
always in trouble. About her singular, lifelong relationship with Danny
Keough, about being married to Michael Jackson, what they shared in
common. About motherhood. About deep addiction. About ever-present
grief. Riley knew she had to fulfill her mother's wish to reveal these
memories, incandescent and painful, to the world.
To make her mother known.
This extraordinary book is composed of both Lisa Marie's and
Riley's voice, a mother and daughter communicating across the transom of
death as they try to heal each other. Profoundly moving and deeply
revealing,
From Here to the Great Unknown is a book like no other--the last words of the only child of a true legend.
About the Author
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.