Cissy Houston to publish tell all book

Cissy Houston, mother to the legendary Whitney Houston, will be celebrating her daughter by publishing a book on the late singer's life.

"When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney Houston), the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extremely beautiful and charitable women," she 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 deeper understanding into my daughter's true story."

Her daughter, Whitney Houston, died in February after an accidental drowning.

Harper Collins, the books' publisher, released a statement, saying, "She will tell the unabridged and unbelievable story of her daughter's life as well as her own, addressing Whitney's brightest and darkest moments while helping fans around the world understand the complexities of a star who died to soon."

The book will be released next February.