First published 2016
Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson opens up about her extraordinary life in show business after forty years of silence. She details her nearly five-year relationship with Elvis Presley, which began with a chance encounter at a movie theater in the 1970s when she was a former beauty pageant queen. Thompson provides an intimate look at their Southern-rooted romance at Graceland, including both joyful moments and the darker struggles with Elvis's drug abuse and infidelity that ended their relationship eight months before his death. After Elvis died, she found love with Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner, building what seemed like a perfect life with their sons Brandon and Brody. Thompson reveals the secret Bruce carried his entire life, which she kept for thirty years until his transition to Caitlyn Jenner made it public. She describes navigating this challenging period as a woman and mother while maintaining complete acceptance of Bruce's identity. The memoir also covers her nineteen-year relationship with music producer David Foster, which elevated her songwriting career while testing her in new ways.
Genres: autobiography, contemporary, memoir, biography-memoir, music, lgbt
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Graceland
Period: 1970s
384 pages · ebook · Dey Street Books
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use