Alan Bennett's original memoir alongside a foreword by Nicholas Hytner, the director of the new film adaptation, the screenplay, a new introduction and new diaries by Alan Bennett, photographs and beautiful illustrations by David Gentleman Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, this book tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
