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Child Bride : The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
Child Bride The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
Author: Suzanne Finstad
Child Bride is the untold story of Elvis Presley's love affair with Priscilla Beaulieu, the only woman he ever married. Includes such revelations as: — * The catalyst for Elvis's long-awaited proposal to Priscilla * The reasons for Elvis's fascination with teenage girls and other sexual secrets * The real reason Priscilla left Elvis * How Michael...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780517705858
ISBN-10: 0517705850
Publication Date: 8/12/1997
Pages: 387
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Harmony
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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reviewed Child Bride : The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley on + 105 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I read this book sincerely wanting to better understand who Priscilla was. Before reading it, and after reading several books on Elvis's life, I felt that Priscilla was a beautiful young girl who got swept up in the Elvis turmoil and did her best to survive. Any meanness in her, I felt, was due largely to the difficulties she endured. But then I wondered about the negative remarks by other people, and I noted how aggressively she had taken over Elvis's estate, all the while suggesting that it was foisted upon her. I also wondered about the absurd way she was allowed to come live at Graceland as a child. Some things didn't add up, so I read Finstad's book.
What an amazing amount of research went into this, right down to interviewing friends from Priscilla's childhood and adolescence. No stone seems to have been left unturned. The resulting picture of Priscilla isn't pretty, but it certainly comes across as accurate. Finstad presents an evolving analysis of Priscilla, frequently referring back to earlier events to show the consistency of Priscilla's behavior. To some readers this might seem overdone, but then Finstad is presenting a story that contradicts an image. Some readers will require more to convince them. Finstad's analysis fills in the blanks, ties up the loose ends, and answers most of the questions I had before reading the book. It was not my impression that Finstad set out to do a hatchet job, and Priscilla is not depicted as being all bad. Finstad simply uncovered the truth that was there all along.
welshwytch avatar reviewed Child Bride : The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley on + 89 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Intimate behind the scenes never revealed facts about the love story of Priscilla and Elvis Presley.
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Helpful Score: 1
Really good story. Tells so much I didn't know yet. Big Read.
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reviewed Child Bride : The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley on + 5 more book reviews
I didn't care much for this book. I thought there was a lot of the author's opinions in the book. She kept trying to analyze why Priscilla did the things she did. I had a hard time getting into the book.
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I loved getting an "inside" look at the relationship between Elvis and Priscilla.


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