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Are You Lonesome Tonight? The Untold Story of Elvis Presley's One True Love and the Child He Never Knew | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dary Matera, Lucy De Barbin
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 834841
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 294
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0394558421
Dewey Decimal Number: 784.5400924
EAN: 9780394558424
ASIN: 0394558421
Publication Date: April 12, 1987
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 Great Book, Great Story, Great Love, Great Loss! December 24, 2007
Having read over 20 books about Elvis, I found this one to be one of the best. I can't believe I missed this book when it was first published and just now discovered it. I think the story is truly believable and absorbing and in the end tragic for the; 'what-if's' and 'could have been's'. Every man should be so lucky to have a Lucy in their lives.
The BEST book about Elvis November 6, 2006
This is the best book I have read about Elvis and his true love and the daughter he never knew about. I have read this book over and over until the pages have fallen out. It makes me cry every time. I can only imagine what life would be like if he were still alive today. I suggest this to all Elvis fans - young and old
Are you lonesome tonight? September 26, 2006
This book was AWESOME! I am a total Elvis fan and this book sent me through a sea of emotions and left me a bit numb...amazing story!
 WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP November 21, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Gimme a break.......people, this book is nothing but the result of some woman in need of some cash--end of story.
First of all there are a number of "facts" in her book which are verifiably not true. During one of her supposed secret meetings with Elvis (during his trip to meet with Richard Nixon), she describes him as being dressed "wildly" in a purple suit. She obviously lifted this piece of info from Albert Goldman's book, because both Elvis' bodyguards at that time and photos clearly show that he was dressed in black, not purple.
Secondly, she writes that one day in 1953, she rode a rented horse up to the mountains in Memphis and lo and behold here comes Sir Lancelot (Elvis) riding up behind her where the spend the night together up there. Uh, the only place you could rent a horse in Memphis in 1953 was the local fairgrounds and the horses were NOT allowed off the property.
Plus, it is a well-known fact that Elvis had a major problem having sex with a woman who had had children. Something inside him, just turned off. This subject was dealt with in the books "Elvis, What Happened"? by his bodyguards, and in "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Presley. Elvis was greatly attracted to innocent young girls, not women who looked like they had been run through the mill. Sorry, but that was just his way.
what really nailed her coffin is when she was on a talk show several years ago with her daughter Desiree. Someone asked what colour Ms. Barbin's eyes were. She said "brown". She was then asked what colour Desiree's eyes were. She said "green". It's a well known fact of course, that Elvis had blue eyes. What's not so well known is that it's genetically impossible for someone with brown eyes and someone with blue eyes to have an offspring with green eyes. When this fact was presented to Lucy de Barbin on national TV, she stumbled and stuttered over her words, tried back tracking and said "well, her eyes are really blue." Can you say: 'Liar'?
Another problem with Lucy de Barbin's "story", is that not one single person who was close to Elvis all those years can verify anything about what she claims. Elvis was rarely alone and if he indeed had an affair with Ms. de Barbin, SOMEONE would have been able to say "yep, I remember all those times when E was meeting with Lucy." Guess what? Not one single person remembers her.
Plus, Elvis couldn't keep his mouth shut---about anything. He would blab to his bodyguards about anyone and they knew about all the girls he was fooling around with. Guess what? He never mentioned her ONCE to anyone.
Seeing as this book was written before DNA testing was around, I would be very interested to see if Lucy de Barin's daughter would be willing to submit to a DNA test, and compare it with Lisa Marie Presley's to see if it's a match. I guarantee that it won't be.
Overall, this book is ridiculous and if you believe the nonsense that Ms. de Barbin tells, then I've got some swamp land in Florida to sell you.
 lonely book August 20, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an avid Elvis fan, I was really disappointed with this book. I went in very cautiously, not wanting to believe a word of it. The more I read, the more I started to believe Lucy's story. As the book went on I got bored with the same story telling, the same lines, the same everything. By the end of the book, I was still skeptical. Nowhere is Lucy mentioned in his life. Any other biographies omit her name completely. With that many people in Elvis' life at that time someone would know something more than what is told. I'm not sure of the story being true. I am sure of the story being pretty boring at times. Worth reading? Sure, if you can get it for a penny plus shipping.
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