First published 2005
Lisa Marie Presley steps into an alternate world where she can reshape her father's story. Through fictional scenes, she explores what might have been different in Elvis's life, drawing from her intimate knowledge as his daughter. The narrative moves between Memphis and the broader landscape of Elvis's career, examining family relationships and the weight of fame. Lisa Marie's protagonist grapples with the tension between public persona and private reality, between the man the world knew and the father she remembers. The story delves into moments of connection and loss, exploring how memory and imagination can reconstruct a relationship cut short by death. At its heart, this becomes a daughter's attempt to understand her father beyond the legend, to find the human being within the icon through the freedom that fiction provides.
Genres: literary-fiction, biographical-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, found-family
Setting: Memphis
Period: 20th-century
256 pages · Hardcover · MICHEL LAFON