From Here to the Great Unknown

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains repeated references to addiction, suicide, and abortion.

Born on February 1, 1968, Lisa Marie Presley was the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. From Here to the Great Unknown is Lisa’s memoir, co-written with her daughter, Riley Keough.

As a young child, Lisa grew up in Graceland and enjoyed a “super special […] one-on-one access” to her father (13). Elvis and Priscilla split up when Lisa was just four years old, but she and her father remained incredibly close, and Lisa cherished the summers and holidays spent in Memphis. She loved the freedom she enjoyed at Graceland and lived to make her father happy. However, from an early age, Lisa also suffered from feelings of self-doubt and unworthiness, exacerbated by The Dangerous Effects of Fame and Living in the Spotlight. She enjoyed basking in her father’s fame, but she hated having the limelight trained on her. Unfortunately, as the only daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa lived her life in the spotlight from the moment she was born and grew up to become the reluctant “princess of America.”

Elvis died when Lisa was nine years old, and the trauma changed her life forever, introducing