Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough’s FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN is Oprah’s Book Club’s October Pick

WEBWIRE – Thursday, October 10, 2024

Oprah Winfrey hasannouncedthat her latest Oprahs Book Club pick isFROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN(Random House) by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. The news was announced yesterday on CBS Mornings.A primetime televisionevent,An Oprah Special: The Presleys Elvis, Lisa Marie and Rileyaired on CBS last night. In the special, Oprah visited Graceland to sit down with Riley Keough for her first in-depth interview since Lisa Marie Presley died unexpectedly in 2023.You can clickhereto watch the full segment.

I have great love and admiration for Lisa Marie Presley, and was so moved that her daughter Riley, through her grief, was able to help her finish a beautifully touching memoir that allows us to see her mother at her most honest and vulnerable, said Oprah Winfrey in astatementto theAssociated Press. This is an intimate look at what it was like growing up as heir to one of Americas most famous families.

When Oprah called to tell me that she was selecting my moms memoir for her book club, all I could think about was how proud my mom would have been to know her story was going to be read and discussed with such empathy, thought and grace, said Riley Keough. She would have felt incredibly vulnerable, but profoundly grateful for the chance to really reach people.

Lisa Marie Presley,born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, tells her whole story for the first time in FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN: a raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough. When Lisa Marie passed away unexpectedly in early 2023, Riley got the tapes that she had recorded for the book, laid in her bed, and listened to story after story about her life: smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as she ran towards his body on the floor, about motherhood, deep addiction, and ever-present grief. Riley knew she had to fulfill her mothers wish to reveal these memories, incandescent and painful, to the world. Written in both Lisa Maries and Rileys voices, a mother and daughter communicatingfrom this world to the one beyondas they try to heal each other,From Here to the Great Unknownis a book like no otherthe last words of the only child of an American icon.

Published in tandem with the hardcover edition, Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts narrates the audiobook version ofFROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN(now available in the PRH Audio app), alongside Riley Keough, who helped complete the book following her mothers untimely passing. The audiobook also features never-before-heard selections from the personal tapes Presley recorded as she prepared to write the book.

Roberts says, I was so moved by Lisa Maries incredible memoir. It was a real privilege to give voice to her wild and beautiful life, and I deeply appreciate Riley entrusting me with her mothers story.

Keough adds, Im so thrilled to have Julia be a part of this and read the voice of my mother. I couldnt think of anyone more perfect to help share her story with the world.

FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN is out everywhere now, and you can watch the PRH Audio trailer below.

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