Baxter Writes Memoirs

U.S. sitcom star Meredith Baxter will reveal all about her life on the small screen and her decision to come out as gay in a new memoir.

The 62-year-old Family Ties actress opened up about her secret life for the first time last month (Nov09), revealing she has been living with building contractor Nancy Locke for four years.

The book, which has yet to be given a title or release date, will chartBaxter's career, which has included spells on TV and Broadway as well asher three failed marriages and her romance with Locke.

A spokesperson for publishers Crown says the memoir "will present a fully realised portrait of her life as an actress, mother of five children, and grandmother and will candidly discuss her fight with breast cancer, her 19 years of sobriety, entrepreneurship and her decision to come out".