--- title: Joan Rivers's Daughter Writes Tribute Book About Her description: 'The Book of Joan' by Melissa Rivers arrives May 5 canonical: https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-11T15:22:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:19:52.125Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Joan Rivers' Daughter Writes a Book About Her Life og:description: Melissa Rivers' 'The Book of Joan' arrives May 5 og:url: https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbcce972f1aa4d4c/69877ea22dce0116339dd7b7/melissa-rivers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 57th GRAMMY Awards - Premiere Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joan Rivers' Daughter Writes a Book About Her Life twitter:description: Melissa Rivers' 'The Book of Joan' arrives May 5 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbcce972f1aa4d4c/69877ea22dce0116339dd7b7/melissa-rivers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joan Rivers' Daughter Writes a Book About Her Life ## Video: Joan Rivers: A Hilarious and Unapologetic Career [Watch (HLS stream): Joan Rivers: A Hilarious and Unapologetic Career](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/URFsJdAT.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2014-09-04. Joan Rivers: A Hilarious and Unapologetic Career_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 11, 2015 3:22 PM CUT  TV personality Melissa Rivers attends the The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Feb. 8, 2015 in Los Angeles. TV personality Melissa Rivers attends the The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Feb. 8, 2015 in Los Angeles.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 11, 2015 3:22 PM CUT Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa Rivers [has written a book about the late comedian’s life](http://www.people.com/article/melissa-rivers-writes-tribute-book-joan?xid=socialflow%5Ftwitter%5Fpeoplemag "undefined"), her publisher announced Wednesday. _The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and_ _Manipulation_ will contain “funny, poignant, and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about” Joan Rivers, [who died last September](http://time.com/3212274/joan-rivers-dead-81-remembrance/ "undefined") after complications from surgery, _People_ reports. It comes out May 5. “In our family we always believed that laughter was the best medicine,” Melissa said Rivers. “I wanted to write a book that would make my mother laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too.” [Read more at People](http://www.people.com/article/melissa-rivers-writes-tribute-book-joan?xid=socialflow%5Ftwitter%5Fpeoplemag "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/"},"headline":"Joan Rivers' Daughter Writes a Book About Her Life","datePublished":"2015-02-11T15:22:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:19:52.125Z","description":"Melissa Rivers' The Book of Joan arrives May 5","url":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/","keywords":["Books","joan rivers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbcce972f1aa4d4c/69877ea22dce0116339dd7b7/melissa-rivers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbcce972f1aa4d4c/69877ea22dce0116339dd7b7/melissa-rivers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"57th GRAMMY Awards - Premiere Ceremony","caption":"57th GRAMMY Awards - Premiere Ceremony","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/","name":"Joan Rivers' Daughter Writes a Book About Her Life"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Joan Rivers: A Hilarious and Unapologetic Career","description":"Joan Rivers: A Hilarious and Unapologetic Career","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/URFsJdAT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-04T19:01:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/URFsJdAT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/","duration":"PT1M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3704910/joan-rivers-book-melissa-rivers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```