Whitney Houston's mum slammed for 'cashing in' on daughter's death

Whitney Houston's mother Cissy has been accused of 'cashing in' on her daughter's death after she signed a deal with Harper Collins to tell the 'unabridged and unbelievable story' of the Grammy Award-winning singer.

According to TMZ, the move has upset some family members of Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in February at age 48, the Daily Mail reported.

However, the website does not name the family members who are said to be offended about the memoir.

But it claims that the deal is a 'lame attempt' to make money after the singer left her estate to daughter Bobbi Kristina.

“She will try to come out looking like the world's greatest mom, when in actuality, she wasn't,” an insider said.

The still untitled book is scheduled to come out next February.

“When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney Houston’s nickname), the world lost one of the most beautiful voices and an extraordinarily beautiful and charitable woman,” Cissy said in a statement released last week by the book publisher.

“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 a deeper understanding into my daughter’s true story.

Though the publisher has refused to divulge the sum they're paying Houston’s mother, but they revealed that 'a portion' of the proceeds will be donated to the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where the crooner, whose many hits included The Greatest Love of All and I Will Always Love You, sang as a child.

Harper Collins claimed that Cissy will write with 'candor, honesty and respect' about her daughter’s remarkable career.

She'll also address the star’s drug problems and her troubled marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown.

Moreover, Cissy will also tell of her own grief.

'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 this extraordinary star who died much too soon,' the publisher said.

'Ultimately, Cissy will go behind the headlines to show the true, human side of this strong, successful yet complicated musical icon, capturing the dramatic depths and soaring range of an extraordinary woman, along with the pain and heartbreak of a grieving mother as she struggles with impossible loss,” they added.