Sarah Brown is to follow her No10 predecessor Cherie Blair in publishing her memoirs on life behind Downing Street's black door. Her autobiography is to be published to coincide with Mothers' Day next year, Ebury Press has announced, and will reveal "what it is like to be a woman, wife and mother in somewhat exceptional circumstances".
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The market is set to be flooded with New Labour memoirs - Tony Blair's The Journey is out in September, Peter Mandelson is penning his "mixture of autobiography, personal reflection and political history", and former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has updated his account of the explosive feuds at the top of the leadership - but the former first lady appears to be aiming for a different market.
Brown is well poised to exploit a fresh readership. She has attracted more than 1 million followers on Twitter, overtaking the ubiquitous comedian and presenter Stephen Fry to become the most followed Briton on the micro-blogging site. And it was on Twitter that she revealed the news to her followers, saying: "Just agreed with my publisher Ebury to write a book – working title Behind the Black Door – so chained to laptop from Monday morning."
