Gordon Brown's wife 'to pen memoirs'

Sarah has revealed the news of her signing a lucrative deal to pen her "very personal" memoirs on micro-blogging site Twitter. "Just agreed with my publisher Ebury to write a book - working title 'Behind the Black Door' - so chained to laptop from Monday morning," she wrote.

According to the 'Daily Mail', Sarah's memoirs will be published next year under a deal which publishing insiders say is worth six figures.

The former public relations executive is believed to have kept a diary for several years, detailing her account of life at the centre of affairs while her husband was at No 10 and No 11 Downing Street as Prime Minister and Chancellor.

Sarah lived in Downing Street for nearly a decade after marrying the then Labour Chancellor in 2000, and the couple brought up their two young sons John and Fraser there.

She eschewed her life in public relations to become a full-time charity campaigner and is now president of charity Piggy Bank Kids and patron of Women's Aid and Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, among others.

By publishing her memoirs, Sarah will follow in the footsteps of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie who had last year penned her memoirs 'Speaking for Myself'.
A spokesman for Ebury did not disclose whether Sarah will donate the proceeds from her book to charity