My daughter Whitney Houston: Mum in 'seven figure' deal to write her "unbelievable story”

My daughter Whitney Houston: Mum in 'seven figure' deal to write her "unbelievable story”

Whitney Houston’s mother is writing the late singer’s life story.

Cissy Houston has a deal with HarperCollins for a memoir it says will reveal the “unabridged and unbelievable story” of her Grammy Award-winning daughter.

Whitney died in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel bathroom in February aged 48 and the book is scheduled to come out next February.

“When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney’s nickname), the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extraordinarily beautiful and charitable woman,” Cissy said.

“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.”

Financial terms haven’t been disclosed.

Family love: Whitney with mother Cissy circa 1979

 

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where Whitney Houston, whose many hits included The Greatest Love of All and I Will Always Love You, sang as a child and where her funeral was held.

Cissy Houston had met with several publishers, and the book deal could be worth seven figures.