Lisa Marie Presley kept her beloved son Benjamin’s body in her home for months after his suicide, according to a new memoir completed by her actress daughter.

It was revealed that Lisa, who died last year aged 54, was so heartbroken over her loss that she kept her son in a “separate casitas bedroom” for two months, according to her memoir, the site Saw six.

“There is no law in the state of California that says you have to bury someone immediately,” she wrote. “I found a very compassionate funeral home owner… She said, ‘We’ll bring Ben Ben to you.'”

Lisa reveals in the memoir, published today, that her son’s body was kept at 55 degrees to preserve him and that she “got used to” nursing him in the room before he was laid to rest. Lisa was later buried next to her son at Graceland.

Benjamin Keough died by suicide in August 2020 at the age of 27 – an event that would inspire Lisa to write openly about her grief until she herself passed away three years later.

Lisa Marie Presley and Benjamin Presley Keough in a picture together in 2015

Michael Lockwood (CL), Ben Keough (CR) and Lisa Marie Presley (R) attend the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in London on November 11, 2010

FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN is published today by Pan MacMillan

Lisa reportedly says in the book that after Benjamin’s death, she had to force herself to “fight” for her remaining children, which made it difficult for her to say goodbye to her son right away.

She said she knew it was strange to keep the body in the house, writing: “I think it would scare the hell out of anyone else to have their son there like that. ‘But not me.’

She said she also had a hard time deciding where to bury him – in Hawaii or at the Graceland estate in Memphis, where her father, Elvis Presley, died and is buried.

Riley Keough, who survives Lisa with her twin siblings Harper and Finley Lockwood, now 16, co-authored her mother’s memoirs to “turn her into a three-dimensional human being,” she said.

“I want to not only honor my mother, but also tell a human story in what I know are extraordinary circumstances,” she said Saturday while recording an audio version of the book.

“I realize that the recordings my mother left behind are a gift.” All that is often left of a loved one is a saved and resaved voice message, a short video on a phone and a few favorite photos. “I take the privilege of these tapes very seriously.”

Riley and her mother honored Benjamin by getting tattoos to match his.

Since he had his sister’s name on his collarbone and his mother’s on his hand, Riley had her brother’s on her collar and Lisa had her son’s on her hand.

According to Page Six, when the tattoo artist asked for photos of Benjamin to match the tattoos, Lisa said, “No, but I can show you.”

“Lisa Marie Presley had just asked this poor man to look at her dead son’s body, which happened to be right next to us…” Riley writes.

“I’ve had an extremely absurd life, but this moment is in the top five.”

Riley writes that soon after, everyone “felt the vibe” that it was time for Benjamin to be buried.

A funeral was held in Malibu before Benjamin was buried at Graceland. Lisa would join her son upon her death and be buried in a shared plot on the right.

Lisa Marie died at the age of 54 from a small intestinal obstruction that developed after bariatric surgery several years ago.

Shortly before her death, Presley asked Keough, whose father is Danny Keough, to help her write the memoir in 2022.

Riley will also narrate part of the audio book alongside film star Julia Roberts.

Riley Keough, Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie and Benjamin Keough, pictured for Elvis’ 75th birthday celebrations, near Graceland, January 8, 2010

Riley Keough shared a photo of the last time she saw her mother before her death in 2023

Elvis Presley with his wife Priscilla (R) and his daughter Lisa Marie Elvis Presley (L)

In the memoir, Lisa Marie talks about her love for Elvis and how much she struggled after his death, her romantic relationships, motherhood, the devastating death of her son in 2020, and the birth of her granddaughter, Keough’s two-year-old daughter Tupelo .

“What she wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope I did in finishing it for her, is to go beneath the headlines of the magazine and reveal the core of her personality,” Keough told PEOPLE in September.

In honor of her mother’s posthumous memoir, Keough will embark on a book tour this fall.

According to Random House, she will be joined by a special guest in six different cities from October 9th to 20th, including New York, Memphis, St. Louis, Nashville, London and Los Angeles.

The highly anticipated memoir FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN is published today, October 8, 2024, by Pan MacMillan.