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From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Lisa Marie Presley was born in Memphis in 1968. Her parents were Elvis and Pricilla Presley. Lisa very clearly loved and worshipped her father and enjoyed a close relationship with him until his death. If I had those two for parents, I certainly would have picked Elvis over the kind of mother she had. Elvis's death really traumatized her in a way that only people who lose a parent they are close to could understand. Lisa Marie bounced around in relationships and friendships with people who enabled her, mistreated her, and hindered her. I have a low opinion of Michael Jackson, and that relationship was probably the biggest mistake she made, in my opinion. This book did show how much she loved and adored her children, and how the loss of her son just broke her completely. He did resemble Elvis quite a lot so I am sure it was doubly traumatic for her in that regard.
I have read Priscilla's book. I had some really strong opinions about her parents and her relationship with Elvis. I was convinced then that she did not really care for her daughter, Lisa Marie, at all. After reading this book, there is no doubt in my mind that she hated this child and was jealous of her and used her as a pawn. Lisa Marie's daughter co-authored this book, and the fact that she did not drag her sorry grandmother through the mud for her actions after Lisa Marie's death and her gross sense of entitlement is amazing to me. She is a better person that I am. I think she did a wonderful job making sense out of her mother's scattered thoughts on interview tapes while relating some of her own personal experiences into this book. I have the Audible version of this book, and I liked that her daughter read parts and that Julia Roberts read parts. It also included some of the taped statements Lisa Marie had made. Overall, it was an okay book.
I have read Priscilla's book. I had some really strong opinions about her parents and her relationship with Elvis. I was convinced then that she did not really care for her daughter, Lisa Marie, at all. After reading this book, there is no doubt in my mind that she hated this child and was jealous of her and used her as a pawn. Lisa Marie's daughter co-authored this book, and the fact that she did not drag her sorry grandmother through the mud for her actions after Lisa Marie's death and her gross sense of entitlement is amazing to me. She is a better person that I am. I think she did a wonderful job making sense out of her mother's scattered thoughts on interview tapes while relating some of her own personal experiences into this book. I have the Audible version of this book, and I liked that her daughter read parts and that Julia Roberts read parts. It also included some of the taped statements Lisa Marie had made. Overall, it was an okay book.