# Driving Miss Smith: A Memoir of Linda Smith

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- Authors: [Warren Lakin](https://www.bookquiver.com/warren-lakin)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-09-04

## Description

In February 2006 the comedian Linda Smith died from ovarian cancer. Over the previous ten years Linda had established herself as one of the nation's funniest and best-loved comedians, voted the 'wittiest person alive' by BBC Radio 4 listeners. As any regular listener will testify, Linda was an acerbic political commentator, but she also had an eye for the absurdities of modern life - an eye to rival Alan Bennett or Victoria Wood. In DRIVING MISS SMITH, Warren Lakin, Linda's partner for twenty-three years, tells Linda's life story, of growing up in a town called Erith, which wasn't twinned with anywhere, 'but does have a suicide pact with Dagenham,' and of becoming a much-loved Radio 4 fixture. It is a witty and moving memoir, and although it ends sadly, it is ultimately a hopeful book and a fitting tribute to a life filled with warmth, courage and laughter. (P)2007 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks

## Editions

### Driving Miss Smith: A Memoir of Linda Smith

- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-4894-490-9
- Published: 2009-04-16
- Language: en_GB

### Driving Miss Smith: A Memoir of Linda Smith

- Publisher: hodder_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-03-4093-279-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2008-09-04
- Language: en_GB