Lisa Marie Presley’s Posthumous Memoir Describes A Parent-Teacher Conference With Her Dad, Elvis
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Lisa Marie Presley’s Life Story Detailed In New Memoir Releasing On October 8
Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died on January 12, 2023. The singer and mother of four was 54 years old at the time of her death.
When Lisa Marie passed away, she was in the middle of writing a memoir about her life. Following her passing, her eldest daughter, actress Riley Keough, stepped in to finish what her mother had started.
Thanks to Riley’s work, Lisa Marie’s posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, will be released on October 8.
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“I was lucky to have had that opportunity and working on preparing her autobiography for publication has been a privilege, albeit a bittersweet one,” Riley said in a statement about the memoir’s publication. “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.”
Newly Released Excerpt Describes How Elvis Attended One Of His Daughter’s Parent-Teacher Conferences
PEOPLE published the first excerpt from Lisa Marie’s memoir in an article on September 25. In the excerpt, Lisa Marie recalls a time when her famous father, Elvis, attended one of her parent-teacher conferences at her school in Los Angeles.
“I knew he was coming, and I couldn’t wait. I could feel the teachers’ nervousness and excitement, too,” Lisa Marie remembered. “My little student friends were so excited that I got even more excited — everybody was just running around crazy.”
She 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.”
Elvis Presley died in 1977 when Lisa Marie was only nine years old. Lisa’s daughter, Riley, has previously mentioned how her mom’s memoir will touch on the grief she experienced after Elvis’ passing.
“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,” Riley said.
Learn more about Lisa Marie’s posthumous memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, in the video below.
