Bristol Palin to pen down intimate memoir

US glamorous politician Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin has signed a deal to pen a memoir which her publisher describes as the first "intimate, behind-the-scenes look at her life". The book, ‘Not Afraid of Life’, will be published this summer, publisher William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, has said, declining to say how much it was worth. In the book, "Bristol gives readers an intimate behind-the-scenes look at her life for the first time, from growing up in Alaska to coming of age amid the media and political frenzy surrounding her mother’s political rise". Portions of the book will also deal with the 20-year-old single mother’s on-and off romance with the father of her child, Levi Johnston, and her stint on ABC’s TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

"Plain-spoken and disarmingly down to earth, Bristol offers new insight and understanding of who she is and what she values most," the statement added. Bristol made headlines last year when she reached the finals of ‘Dancing with the Stars’, in which she ended in third place. She’s also a paid speaker for organisations which support teen abstinence from sex before marriage.

She also appeared last year on her mother’s television show “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”.

Sarah, the former Alaska governor and the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008, is a leading voice in the conservative Tea Party movement and is weighing a run for US president in 2012.

Bristol Palin buys home for $172,000 in Arizona

Bristol Palin has bought a five-bedroom home in Pinal County south of Phoenix. Paperwork shows the recent "Dancing With the Stars" diva and daughter of Sarah Palin is the sole purchaser of the house in the town of Maricopa. She bought it for $172,000 from a North Dakota couple. It’s not clear if Bristol Palin will be a seasonal visitor or permanent resident at the home, in a development called Cobblestone Farms. According to real estate websites, the residence is a two-level, brown stucco house with a tile roof, a landscaped front and back yard, and access to a community pool. The Arizona Republic reports the 3,900-square-foot home was built in 2006 and was bought for a little under $330,000 at the time. It has 2 1/2 baths and a three-car garage.

The 20 year old, Bristol Palin, closed on the home in early December, buying it from Michael and Cynthia Smith, according to paperwork filed with the Pinal County Recorder’s Office.

"I’m not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her," said Michael Smith.

Bristol Palin came to the forefront during her mother’s 2008 vice presidential run when the Palin family announced that the then-17-year-old was pregnant.

Following the birth of her son, Bristol Palin spoke out as a teen pregnancy prevention advocate.