Palin memoir to hit shelves

FORMER US vice presidential contender Sarah Palin will publish a memoir to come out next spring, the year she is up for re-election as Alaska’s governor.

“There has been so much written about and spoken about in the mainstream media and in the anonymous blogosphere world, that this will be a wonderful, refreshing chance for me to get to tell my story, that a lot of people have asked about, unfiltered,” Palin, 45, said.

Her memoir, which will be published by HarperCollins, will cover her personal and political life, from her childhood in Alaska and last year’s campaign, to her conservative political beliefs and her family life, including the pregnancy of her teenage daughter Bristol.