Overview

• Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis was released Sept. 23 by Grand Central Publishing.
• Presley writes that Elvis asked whether she wanted an abortion when she became pregnant with Lisa Marie in 1968.
• She describes discovering letters from women at their Palm Springs house and says the marriage was already deteriorating as she sought her own life.
• She acknowledges an affair with karate instructor Mike Stone but says it was only one catalyst in the breakup.
• The book recounts Lisa Marie’s struggles and death, including Priscilla authorizing removal of life support, and it criticizes Lisa Marie’s marriage to Michael Jackson as self-serving for his image.