Kim Wright is the author of Love in Mid Air, The Unexpected Waltz, The Canterbury Sisters, and Last Ride to Graceland. A two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing, she has been writing about travel, food, and wine for more than twenty years for magazines such as Wine Spectator, Self, Travel & Leisure, and Vogue. She also ballroom dances competitively. Kim lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Praise for LAST RIDE TO GRACELAND
"Kim Wright takes us on a mother-daughter road trip with a twist,
moving both through time and across the south as a young woman
retraces her mother's route to find herself...the real treasure
here is the pitch-perfect voice of [the novel's] narrator. Cory
Ainsworth is the best kind of road trip partner---scrappy, smart,
and wry--and I enjoyed every minute spent in her charming
company."--Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of
THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYONE
"Last Ride to Graceland is a perfect pick to add to your summer TBR
list...Wright creates memorable stories with interesting and unique
backdrops that feature three-dimensional characters on a
self-discovery path that reels readers in."-- "RT Book Reviews"
"Last Ride to Graceland is an engrossing road trip of self
discovery through quirky, small southern towns. The twists and
turns kept me captivated from start to finish. If you love Elvis
lore, you'll love this book!"--Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times
bestselling author of A LOWCOUNTRY WEDDING
"I zipped through [Last Ride to Graceland]...in record time,
enjoying the ride all the way."-- "Charlotte Observer"
"Kim Wright has written a clever, charming, hilarious romp through
the quintessential South. Last Ride to Graceland is the story of
two women looking for redemption and finding it in the most
unexpected, meaningful ways. Wright weaves masterful storytelling
with stunning insight throughout this free-spirited road trip,
leaving us with a novel that makes us laugh one moment and weep the
next. It is a study in contrasts and parallels and the way two
lives can tell the same story. I didn't expect to fall apart while
reading these pages, or to bump up against so many familiar
longings. But I did, and I love this novel all the more because of
it."--Ariel Lawhon, author of FLIGHT OF DREAMS
"Talk about the ultimate road trip: blues musician Corey Ainsworth
hits the road in Elvis's car on a winding journey through the Deep
South and her own family history. It's a little bit Elizabethtown,
a little bit Walk the Line. I'm so glad I got to come along for the
ride."--Anne Bogel, "Modern Mrs. Darcy"
"Vividly imagined, Last Ride to Graceland is a gorgeous southern
novel that captures those twists in a life where comic blends to
tragic, and fate and luck collide. Wright is an exceptional writer,
and her newest book is more than a simple road trip. It's a canny
exploration of the dark, seductive legacy our mothers leave us,
woven through a transcendent story that evokes the beautiful,
gritty spirit of the vanishing American south."--Dawn Tripp, author
of GEORGIA
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