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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

54 reviews

kkopacetic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nikkib13reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Grief

kelly_e's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Title: From Here to the Great Unknown
Author: Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 5.00
Pub Date: October 8, 2024

T H R E E • W O R D S

Unprecedented • Remarkable • Transcendent

📖 S Y N O P S I S

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.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I wouldn't consider myself an Elvis connoisseur and cannot say I knew much about Lisa Marie's life either, yet when I saw several glowing reviews for From Here to the Great Unknown, the memoir she started but that would end up being completed by her daughter and published posthumously, I knew I wanted to listen to it.

This is very special audiobook, one unlike any other I've listened to before. The combination of their voices - Julia Roberts reading Lisa's parts, Riley narrating her own additions, and sound clips of Lisa herself - was incredible. It's heartbreaking to think it took her dying for this book to come together in the manner it has.

Lisa's story is so deeply moving, a story marked by extreme fame and overwhelming grief. It adds valuable insight into many aspects of her personal life - her complicated relationship with Priscilla, the effect her father's death had at such a young age, her short-lived marriage to Michael Jackson, her journey in motherhood, her struggles with opioid addiction, and the death of her son.

From Here to the Great Unknown reads like a conversation between mother and daughter both attempting to heal all that has come before. It is deeply personal with a lot of unpacking, yet I am so grateful Riley was able to finish what her mother started. By doing so, she has paid homage to her mother's story and brought to light some of Lisa's biggest strengths. Listening to it was an emotional journey, worth every moment.

📚 R E A D • I F • Y O U • L I K E
• celebrity memoirs
• themes of grief
• mother/daughter relationships

⚠️ CW: death, death of parent, child death, grief, suicide, mental illness, addiction, drug use, drug abuse, alcohol, alcoholism, toxic relationship, suicidal thoughts, child abuse, pedophilia, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, sexual assault, adult/minor relationship, pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, cursing, infidelity, medical content, pandemic/epidemic

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"This was a huge lesson for me—the only way out is through. You must allow pain in to free yourself from it."

"Grief settles. It's not something you overcome. It's something that you live with. You adapt to it. Nothing about you is who you were. Nothing about how or what I used to think is important. The truth is that I don't remember who I was." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing and Pandemic/Epidemic

66brookeb's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I reached for this because my grandpa was a huge elvis presley fan, and this was the first book i ever seen him read; it did not disappoint.

i love how it was written, and how lisa marie’s words are separated from riley’s. it gave a unique perspective and it can show how both can be unreliable narrators at times. my heart broke reading this, but there was also beautiful passages and funny lines. i enjoyed reading it so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, and Sexual harassment

lauraweiss105's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This is really more by Riley Keough than Lisa Marie. I’m not interested in the Presleys and knew nothing about Lisa going in. You have to listen to the audio version, because it’s narrated by Riley Keough and Julia Roberts with snippets from recordings with Lisa Marie Presley. I wanted to read it because I am grieving the death of my brother and knew from interviews I saw online that Riley Keough had lost her brother and mother just a few years apart. Despite neither Riley nor her mom graduating high school, Riley especially is a great writer. I found it really impactful and relatable in some places aside from some celebrity goofiness like “the holistic doctor who lived with us,” “Deepak Chopra spoke at my brother’s funeral” and references to Scientology without really getting into it. The parts that aren’t about grief though are really interesting in terms of thinking about people who are thrust into fame and how that affects them. It’s notable how much Lisa Marie still put her father on a pedestal while being very harsh on her mom, who was groomed by Elvis. I’d definitely recommend this quick read (the audiobook is only 6 hours.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

sophie1819's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

ashleighrbpayne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This was an excellent read! I really enjoyed learning about the life of Lisa Marie and hearing her story through her and her daughter’s voices. Having Riley fill in some of the blanks, and learning the behind the scenes of Lisa Marie’s marriages (especially the Michael Jackson marriage!). This is equal parts beautiful and heartbreaking!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

megpro7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

kalleyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse

Strong language

allie_meagan's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault