I’m not a big fan of Elvis and, embarrassingly, when I little I always thought his wife was Lisa Marie so it’s not like I was jumping to read this. When I started seeing reviews for the audiobook, those, I knew I had to give it a listen.
I love memoirs as audiobooks and I’ll listen to almost any of them. This one is unique because while it’s Lisa Marie’s memoir, it’s also her biography written by her daughter, Riley Keough. Lisa Marie died a month into writing this and Riley took the multitude of recordings Lisa Marie did and transcribed them into this book. In addition to Lisa Marie’s words, Riley includes her own memories of her Mom throughout.
The audiobook is wonderful. Julia Roberts narrated Lisa Marie’s parts and Riley narrates hers. What makes this incredibly special, however, are all of the recordings of Lisa Marie flanking every chapter. It was a beautiful way to incorporate Lisa Marie into the book.
As I stated at the beginning I really had no idea who Lisa Marie was when I was little and I didn’t grow up feeling like I knew her or Elvis. That being said, I was so taken by this book I now feel like I not only know her, but that I’ve known her for a while.