Abbott signs book deal to ‘tell my own story’ in memoir
Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Pic: Diane Abbott’s communication office
Diane Abbott, the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, who was the UK’s first black female MP has signed a book deal to publish her autobiography next summer.
The memoir titled, ‘A Woman Like Me’, was announced on International Women’s Day by Penguin imprint Viking who obtained the rights in a six-way auction.
In response to the announcement of the book to be published on the 35
th anniversary of Abbott’s entry into Parliament as a Labour MP in 1987, she tweeted: ‘Pleased to get a chance to tell my own story’.
ROLE MODEL: Diane Abbott
A Woman Like Me:
A Memoir by Diane Abbott.
Nobody could have guessed that their bespectacled little girl would grow up to be a British Member of Parliament
Diane Abbott
th anniversary of Diane’s election to Parliament.
A powerful memoir that tells the story of modern Britain, from one of the UK’s most original and inspiring politicians
In June 1987: Diane Abbott made history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK.
Since then, she has survived more than three decades in parliament, campaigning tirelessly for a better future for Britain, from increasing access to education through the Black Child Initiative, to consistently voting in favour of higher disability benefits.
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