Los Angeles, Feb 12 (IANS): Actress Melissa Rivers has penned "The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation" as a tribute to her mother Joan Rivers, who died at the age of 81 last year.

In the book, Melissa has shared some comical moments she experienced with her mother, who died in September last year following surgery complications, and she hopes that people will find it funny, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"In our family we always believed that laughter was the best medicine. I wanted to write a book that would make my mother laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too," Melissa said in a statement:

The book will be published by Crown Archetype and will be packed with tales of the late comedienne's hilarious antics and "irreverent observations".

The news comes just three days after Melissa accepted a Grammy award on behalf of her mother for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio recording of her 2014 memoir, “Diary of a Mad Diva”, at the ceremony here Sunday.

While the brunette was delighted her mother had triumphed in the category, she admitted collecting the posthumous prize on her behalf was "bitter-sweet".

"It's a difficult moment. It's a little bitter-sweet. She was nominated once for her comedy album, never was ever nominated for her other books and it's like, 'Now she goes and wins'.

"But it's wonderful how loved she was and how she's getting so much attention now and people are really understanding what she was about,” she said.