I have the first (2004) hardcover edition.

The final sentence is--copied exactly minus italics but including open quotation mark with no close-quote and typo:

"Along for the trip? That's not how I remenber (sic) it. So I started to write this book.

Anyone else in this thread seen the Lomax songhunter movie? Fascinating for the songs and the way the makers retraced Lomax's source-singers; I I can see why it provoked Collins' change of approach. The scenes of Lomax at home with his daughter after his stroke, a huge man but barely able to do much, with recordings of his powerful singing when he was young playing in the background were just heart-wrenching.