The Book of Joan

Melissa Rivers

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Viking Australia
27 May 2015

Memoirs

The Book of Joanis full offunny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised Melissa and is the reason she considers Valium one of the four basic food groups.

Joan Rivers was known all over the world-from the Palace Theater to

Buckingham Palace, from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the footlights

of Broadway, from the days of talkies to hosting talk shows. But there

was only one person who knew Joan intimately, one person who the

authorities would call when she got a little out of hand. Her daughter

and best friend, Melissa.

Joan and Melissa Rivers had one

of the most celebrated mother-daughter relationships of all time. If

you think Joan said some outrageous things to her audiences as a

comedian, you won't believe what she said and did in private. Her love

for her daughter knew no bounds-or boundaries, apparently. ('Melissa, I

acknowledge that you have boundaries. I just choose to not respect

them.')

InThe Book of Joan- Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa

shares stories (like when she was nine months old and her parents

delivered her to Johnny Carson as a birthday gift), bon mots ('Missy, is

there anything better than seeing a really good-looking couple pushing a

baby that looks like a Sasquatch who got caught in a house fire?'), and

life lessons from growing up in the Rosenberg-Rivers household ('I can

do tips and discounts and figure out the number of gay men in an

audience to make it a good show.

That's all the math you'll ever

need.'). These were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to life in

the family that Melissa describes as more Addams than Cleaver.

And at

the center of it all was a tiny blond force of nature.

The Book of Joanis full offunny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts,

and tales about the woman who raised Melissa and is the reason she considers Valium one of the four basic food groups.

By: Melissa Rivers
Imprint: Viking Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 402g
ISBN: 9780670078998
ISBN 10: 0670078999
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melissa Rivers is an Ivy League graduate, co-creator of the Red Carpet franchise, and the executive producer for the E! Entertainment series, Fashion Police. She is also the mother of a fourteen-year-old son, Cooper, who seems to have taken after his grandmother. Melissa is asking for prayers for her sanity.

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