Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

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This read is perfect for anyone interested in some celebrity gossip on life with one of music’s most famous ex, Priscilla Presley. The last straw for Priscilla came when Elvis, possibly having learned of the second affair with her karate instructor Mike Stone, raped her in his Las Vegas hotel room, telling her, "This is how a real man makes love to a woman. She acknowledges herself that there are things she excluded and things she could have expanded on, but everything that she did include paints a very real depiction of her love and life with Elvis Presley. I have read two other Elvis biographies, and as dreadful as all of this sounds, the other authors were less gentle. While Elvis was spiraling downward, working like a dog in Vegas and not around anymore that is when Priscilla started finding her own strength, style and voice, especially through karate and dance.

After reading the book I watched the movie which showed Elvis as a miserable person who raped and abused his wife. You can read this before Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N’ Roll PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. The memoir starts with their meeting in Germany, all the way through their divorce and Elvis's death. Another adaptation by director Sofia Coppola will be released in October of 2023, titled Priscilla and starring Cailee Spaeny in the title role. and others looking for a "good read" that shares details about a complicated relationship between a young woman and a man suffering from the lost of his beloved Mother while in the Army in another land.It’s hard to imagine now, but at that time, no birth control pill had been invented, and a pregnancy outside of marriage was likely to ruin a young woman’s entire life. This was a good listen but I did get a little annoyed with the reader’s frequent chuckling at some passages. He felt a strong attraction to Lisa when she was a teenager (the descriptions in the book made me grimace every time) and he and Priscilla apparently frequently cheated on each other. Priscilla wrote that Elvis did not approve of his father Vernon's relationship with divorcee Dee Stanley and did not attend their wedding.

After a second wedding reception at Graceland for friends and Memphis locals, Elvis and Priscilla went to his ranch near Horn Lake, Mississippi where they locked themselves away for several days of much needed privacy. Anyways, it seemed that once she had Lisa Marie she realized this lifestyle wasn’t normal for a relationship and after her affair she decided to be her and changed her looks and finally became her own person.THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE PRISCILLA, DIRECTED BY SOFIA COPPOLADecades after his death, millions of fans continue to worship Elvis the legend.

But as an outsider reading about it, his comments about not wanting to "spoil" her, his infamous infidelity, his not *letting* her have a job, and his desire to take her away from her family are creepy and predatory. It's also disturbing to know that while Elvis was very controlling and abusive with Priscilla and those who worked for him, he was under the abusive control of Colonel Parker. despite elvis preying on her as a little girl and constantly manipulating her, she maintains it was 'true love.

This honest, full-lenth portrait paints him as he really was both in and out of the spotlight…his wife, who knew him better than anyone else, sees him clearly, steadily, and sees him whole. Surrounded constantly by his entourage and managed closely by his father and by Colonel Parker, Elvis had precious little control over his own life—but in Priscilla’s telling, he had complete control over her. I found Graceland much more interesting than I would have ever thought and decided reading Priscilla's take on it would be good. It’s really tragic to read about how early in his life Elvis started taking sleeping and diet pills.

Priscilla told him very quickly in the relationship she felt safe to tell him anything and could be herself around him and then he turns arounds and cheats on her, and then resents her because they live in her house and because she has more opportunities than him, and then falls in love with her daughter?On the rare occasions Dee Stanley-Presley came to Graceland, Elvis did his best to at least be civil towards his stepmother. He himself put himself in Elvis's shoes and thought it was his job to replace Elvis, but then blamed Priscilla when he "Lost himself" because he was caught up in the "Presley name". Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Feeling insecure, she dieted to the point that by the time she gave birth, she then weighed less than she had before becoming pregnant. All Priscilla does mention is the idea of mothering, how she enjoyed taking care of the king of rock n roll himself.