- Presley, elvis, 1935-1977, Rock musicians, Biography, Mothers and sons
The story of the relationship between Elvis and his mother Gladys, and the extraordinary role she played in his life.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Elaine Dundy
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 356
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited, St. Martin's Press, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780708830871
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“By the time Elvis was in first grade, he and his schoolmate Wayne Earnest had evolved a system that would both double their money and their reading pleasure.”
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