Elvis and Me (Paperback)

by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (Author), Sandra Harmon (Contributor) "IT WAS August 16, 1977, overcast and dreary, not a typical Southern California day..." (more)
Key Phrases: Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Colonel Parker (more...)

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Product Description
The woman whom Elvis decided to marry when she was an innocent fourteen-year-old girl writes candidly about their twelve years together, about Elvis the husband and father, and about his drug-wracked decline and death. Reissue."

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Revised edition (August 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425091031
• ISBN-13: 978-0425091036
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How do I hate this book; let me count the ways . . ., September 1, 2003

By	Rich Macklin (North Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

Priscilla portrays herself as a victim; a poor waif that was manipulated into a lifestyle not of her choosing. Elvis forced her to use drugs, dabble in bisexuality, and finally drove her into the arms of her dance instructor, her karate instructor and others. Then why long after Elvis passed away, was she still using recreational drugs, dabbling in bisexuality and engaging in rampant promiscuity? Her cheating ways continued when she was with Mike Stone, then Mike Edwards and her current man servant Marco Garabaldi. She took Elvis to task about being a terrible father and even filed suit to take Lisa Marie away from him until he gave her more money and jewelery, yet exposed her to her footloose lifestyle of partying with gigolos. Mike Edwards even wrote a book detailing his lust for the pre-pubescent Lisa Msarie while they were living under the same roof. I don't deny what she says about Elvis, it is the intent that bothers me. She leaves out how she drove him away with her constant braying about his life and career and how she thought that she was his boss. She thought nothing of degrading Elvis to her friends and his, she brazenly talked about her sexual dissatisfaction and carried on her affairs openly daring his Memphis Mafia guys to tell The Boss. Today she runs the enterprise without consideration for the fans. She rents out the land around the mansion to low rent businesses and has remade Graceland in her image, by doing away with Elvis' renovations in favor of her own questionable taste. Today Graceland is one of the worst tourist traps on the planet and that would make Elvis very sad, because his love and care for the fans that put him on that hill was as exemplary as his career. The telling moment in this book/movie, is where she depicts herself at the airport in Germany, weeping hysterically and crying out his name . . . however newsreels show her frosty countenance with no more than a momentary pout. Elvis called her the coldest woman he had ever known . . . that is her epitaph . . .

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars the gospel according to priscilla, March 5, 2000

By A Customer

While parts of this book are interesting-the inside information on Elvis, and their life together, for example-there's just a little too much of "poor,pitiful, long-suffering Priscilla". Apparently she wasn't scarred to badly by the experience-she has shrewdly kept the presley surname and continues to pass herself off as The Widow Presley, despite their divorce and her continuing not-too-believeable claims that she wants to be known for "herself"-not just as Elvis's wife-make that EX wife. This book is ultimately self-congratulatory and predictable. Pass.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk and Slanted Opinions, August 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Elvis and Me (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read this book and have seen the movie. Believe me, if you get a chance, read "Child Bride" a fantastic book that will clear up all the pretentiousness of this writing, for it appears that Priscilla has written what she wants everyone to believe. Perhaps she believes her made up stories herself by now. Don't bother wasting your money.