Fans of Elvis Presley — and his famous family — are getting a raw look into their lives in a posthumous memoir titled, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” co-written by Lisa Marie Presley and her daughter, Riley Keough.

Oprah Winfrey revealed the memoir as her newest book club selection on “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday. The book untangles the complicated life of Lisa Marie, including stories about growing up in Graceland, grieving the death of her father Elvis and navigating motherhood.

“Reading the book, it does feel like a tragedy. But I think that it’s really important for me to remember that there was so much joy and love and just wonderful times in our lives,” Keough said during an interview on “CBS Mornings.”

Read an excerpt from the memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” which is on sale now.

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There was this one time—I want to say it was during one of his tours, in Tahoe. He would always take the whole top floor of whatever hotel he was in, for him and the entourage. That night he was back in his bedroom, really, really angry, cursing and screaming. Somebody told me to get behind a chair in the main suite and not move. Everyone was trying to hide behind something, to stay out of the fucking way. So I hid and watched as he took things by the handful, by the armful, and threw them off the balcony. He had found his flight path and he was going to fly it until he was done throwing stuff off that balcony.

Eventually, he calmed down, and someone said to me, “It’s okay, you can come out now, he wants to see you.”

I thought, He wants to see me?

I said, “Why was he so mad?”

“Well,” someone said, “he ran out of water.”

So, I grabbed four bottles of water and I walked into his room.

“Somebody told me you didn’t have any water,” I said, and he just motioned for me to come give him a hug.

He was respectful, though—he wasn’t rude to people, he wasn’t an angry person, he didn’t live there. Some people full-on live in destruction, others buy some real estate and walk around in anger for a little while. My dad would just visit.

Sometimes my dad would take me to an amusement park in Memphis called Libertyland, and he would close it down for me and all the entourage and their families and friends. He and I would ride on the roller coasters. I loved it.

One of my dad’s visits to anger came one time when we were supposed to go to Libertyland. I had invited all my friends, but when I went upstairs the night before, I could hear the wrong kind of tone—this baritone sound, the wrong kind of intensity. I went to my room and could hear loud crashing sounds. He was yelling his fucking head off at somebody. I could hear him saying that we weren’t going to Libertyland the next day. I was devastated.

I found out later that he had run out of something again, and he needed to get it before we went—either that or they wouldn’t give it to him. So, he hit the roof and called about ten different doctors and nurses until he found someone who would give him a fix. Once the nurse or doctor had administered whatever it was he needed, he was fine. And we went to Libertyland.

I remember sitting next to him on the roller coaster that day—the Zippin Pippin—keeping one eye ahead on the ride, and the other on his gun in his holster, which was on my side. Unless you knew or understood him, that sounds terrible, I know. You might think he was crazy, carrying a piece with his daughter sitting next to him, but he was just from the South. It was just really funny.

So we rode and rode.

That was about a week before he died.

From the book: FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. Copyright © 2024 by Riley Keough. Published by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Graceland, Elvis Presley‘s famous home, serves as a central point in the memoir “From Here to the Great Unknown,” which was released on Tuesday. The book, started by Lisa Marie Presley and completed by her daughter, Riley Keough, reflects on life at the iconic estate and the emotional impact of losing Elvis Presley.

Oprah Winfrey announced on Tuesday that “From Here to the Great Unknown” is her latest book club selection. Keough helped complete the memoir using her mother’s voice recordings, which captured detailed stories about life at Graceland and the lasting effect of Elvis Presley’s death.

“The first time that I played the tapes was incredibly emotional. And then once I was sort of used to it, it really depended on what she was talking about. Some of the tapes are really funny. Some of them are really touching. So it was a wild, you know, wild ride of emotion,” Keough said.

Keough explained that her mother’s memories of Graceland were filled with both joy and challenges.

“I think that it’s interesting, because I think that reading the book, it does feel like a tragedy, but I think that it’s really important for me to remember that there was so much joy and love and just wonderful times in our lives, and I think that she had experienced a lot of loss very early on in her life, and I think a lot of her life was dictated by that and by grief,” she said.

In the memoir, Lisa Marie Presley also recounts humorous moments, including stories of her at 4 years old, driving a golf cart around Graceland and firing employees. “She was a little bit of a terror,” Keough recalled with a smile.

Both Winfrey and Keough spoke about the lasting fascination with Elvis Presley’s life and legacy. Thousands of fans still visit Graceland daily, with many deeply moved as they reflect on the impact of his music and life story. For Lisa Marie Presley, Graceland was a place of solace, where she often stayed in Elvis Presley’s bedroom, listening to his music as she mourned his loss.

The memoir also highlights Lisa Marie Presley’s personal struggles, particularly the grief she carried after the death of her father, and later her son, Ben.

The book’s release on Tuesday comes as Winfrey traveled to Graceland for Keough’s first major interview since her mother died last year, for “An Oprah Special: The Presleys — Elvis, Lisa Marie, and Riley.” It will premiere on CBS on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and will be available for streaming on Paramount+.