Shania Twain to write autobiography

Canadian country singer Shania Twain will tell the story of her impoverished childhood and talk about her 2008divorce in an autobiography to be published next spring.

Twain has signed a book deal with Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, the publisher announced Wednesday.

A five-time Grammy Award winner, Twain's career took off in the early 1990s, and she has sold 75 million albums worldwide. She is known forhits such as Still the One and Feel Like a Woman.

Twain, 45, was born in Windsor, Ont., and raised in Timmins, whereshe began singingto help pay bills for her family.

Her as-yet-unnamed autobiography will chronicle her rise to fame, the death of her mother and stepfather, and the struggles in her personal life, including her split fromher husband,music producer Robert (Mutt) Lange.

Twain, mother of a nine-year-old son with Lange,said she wanted to present "an honest and complete account of my life, in my own words.

"There are times in your life that are meant for reflection, and this was one of them. I began writing this book with a sincere respect for the past, present and future as something never to be taken for granted," she said in a statement on her website.