Source: carltonjordan.com
If you were tired of talking about the possibility of a biopic on Whitney Houston's life, there's now something new to talk about: There's going to be a memoir on her life and it will be written by her mother. Cissy Houston will go in depth about the joys and pain of her daughter's life in a detailed memoir that will be distributed by HarperCollins and will be available next February. In a statement released via HarperCollins, momma Cissy says she hopes, in doing the book, that she can leave a little bit of Whitney with her fans and give folks a better understanding of her life:
"When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney Houston's nickname), the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extraordinarily beautiful and charitable woman. In sharing our story in this book, I hope to give her fans something to treasure, the way we all treasured Whitney. We are still receiving thousands of letters each day from her fans, and I hope reading this book will provide a deeper understanding into my daughter's true story."
According to NY Daily News, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be given to New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. where Whitney's voice first was able to have a stage. This is also where people got to see their last glimpse of the star during her funeral. Reports say that Houston will receive seven figures through the book deal. Cissy is slated to discuss everything that went on with Whitney, including her drug addiction, troubled marriage to Bobby Brown, her iconic career, and her own grief from losing her daughter. According to HarperCollins, "Ultimately, Cissy will go behind the headlines to show the true, human side of this strong, successful yet complicated musical icon, capturing the dramatic depths and soaring range of an extraordinary woman, along with the pain and heartbreak of a grieving mother as she struggles with impossible loss."
I'm sure that by writing this memoir, Cissy will be able to deal with a lot of her pain behind the death of her gifted daughter, but I'm sure that with her family not really taking the private approach to going through the grieving process, folks will indeed have something to say about this book. Though I have to admit that it might be interesting to see what she has to say about her daughter's marriage to Bobby Brown. Would you check it out?
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