Riley Keough gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at the process of recording her late mother Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir on Saturday.
Just days before the release of From Here to the Great Unknown, co-written by Keough, the Daisy Jones & The Six star, 35, shared a video of herself sitting in front of a microphone while reading her mother’s upcoming book. memory.
“My goal is not only to honor my mother, but also to tell a human story in what I know is an extraordinary circumstance,” Keough said while sitting in a recording booth.
And he continued: ‘I am aware that the recordings that my mother left are a gift. Very often, all that is left of a loved one is a saved and re-saved voicemail, a short video on a phone, and a few favorite photos. “I take the privilege of these tapes very seriously.”
The actress went on to express her hope that “this book would be as intimate as all those hours” she spent listening to her mother in bed “listening to the coyotes howling.”
Riley Keough gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at the process of recording her late mother Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir on Saturday.
In the images, the actor, Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen, wore a black striped jacket over a button-down shirt.
“The audiobook of FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, featuring the voices of @juliaroberts and me, will be available on October 8,” she captioned the post, which was liked by thousands of people, including Reese Witherspoon.
Lisa Marie is the daughter of rock icon Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley.
She was also married to the king of pop Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage.
Pan MacMillan will publish his long-awaited memoirs on October 8, 2024.
Presley asked Keough, whose father is Danny Keough, to help her write the memoir in 2022, shortly before her death.
It will feature unpublished interviews from the late star.
Riley will also narrate part of the audiobook along with movie star Julia Roberts.
Just days before the release of From Here to the Great Unknown, co-written by Keough, the Daisy Jones & The Six star, 35, shared a video of herself reading her mother’s upcoming memoir.
“My goal is not only to honor my mother, but also to tell a human story in what I know is an extraordinary circumstance,” Keough said while sitting in a recording booth.
The audiobook will also include never-before-heard selections from Lisa Marie’s recordings.
Lisa Marie died at the age of 54 due to a small intestine obstruction that developed after she underwent bariatric surgery several years earlier.
In the memoir, Lisa Marie covers her love for Elvis and how much she struggled after his death, her romantic relationships, motherhood, the devastating death of her son Benjamin in 2020, and the birth of her granddaughter, Tupelo, her two-year-old daughter. Keough. .
“What she wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope to have done in finishing it for her, is to go beyond the magazine headline’s idea of her and reveal the essence of who she was,” Keough told the magazine. talk with PEOPLE in September.
“Turning her into a three-dimensional human being: the best mother, a wild child, a fierce friend, an underrated artist, outspoken, funny, traumatized, joyful, heartbroken… everything she was throughout her extraordinary life,” he explained. .
“I want to give my mother a voice in a way that eluded her while she was alive.”
Lisa Marie is the daughter of rock icon Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley; seen in 2010
Keough is set to hit the road in the fall for a book tour honoring her mother’s posthumous memoirs.
According to Random House, she will be accompanied by a special guest in six different cities, including: New York, Memphis, St Louis, Nashville, London and Los Angeles, this will be from October 9 and 20.
