Melissa Rivers to write 'The Book of Joan'

Melissa Rivers will honor her mom with a book.

Crown Archetype publishers announced today that The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation "will share funny, poignant, and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her."

Of course the book will be humorous.

"In our family we always believed that laughter was the best medicine," Melissa says as part of the announcement. "I wanted to write a book that would make my mother laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too."

People magazine says the book, due out May 5, will share personal anecdotes, such as the time her parents delivered her as birthday gift to Johnny Carson when she was just 9-months-old.