Oprah Winfrey has selected Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir as her latest book club pick.
The renowned TV host met with Presley’s daughter, actor Riley Keough—Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s granddaughter—after visiting Graceland, the iconic estate in Memphis, Tennessee.
Following Lisa Marie Presley’s death in 2023, her memoir, ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’, was completed by Keough and published on Tuesday.
RELATED STORIES
Winfrey’s interview with Keough is set to air at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS, featuring rare family photos, home videos, and audio recordings by Lisa Marie Presley.
“I have great love and admiration for Lisa Marie Presley,” Winfrey said in a statement. “I was so moved that her daughter Riley, through her grief, was able to finish such a beautifully touching memoir that allows us to see her mother at her most honest and vulnerable. This is an intimate look at what it was like growing up as heir to one of America’s most famous families.”
READ ALSO: Oprah Winfrey opens up about her one regret after ending ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’
Keough expressed in a statement that when Winfrey informed her of the selection of ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’, she thought about how proud her mother would have been “to know her story was going to be read and discussed with such empathy, thought, and grace.”
“She would have felt incredibly vulnerable but profoundly grateful for the chance to truly reach people,” added Keough, who narrated the audiobook edition alongside Julia Roberts.
Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, was 9 years old when her father died suddenly at age 42 in 1977, while she was at Graceland. According to publisher Random House, Presley recorded “story after story about smashing golf carts in the yard at Graceland, about the unconditional love from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them, and about being dragged screaming from the bathroom as she ran toward his body on the floor.”
The singer and actress also opened up about her marriage to Michael Jackson, her struggles with addiction, and the “ever-present grief” of losing her father. In a clip from the upcoming interview, Keough shared that at times, she would find her mother on the floor, drunk, listening to Elvis’s music and crying.
Lisa Marie Presley was 54 when she died from complications of bariatric surgery. Keough, her eldest of four children, has two siblings with actor-musician Danny Keough and two with guitarist-producer Michael Lockwood.
READ ALSO: Mary J. Blige eulogizes her fans as she announces 2025 ‘The For My Fans Tour’ dates
