My Family and Other Animals
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My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationistGerald Durrell. It is also the first book in Durrell'sCorfu Trilogy, which inspired ITV's television seriesThe Durrells.Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charmMy Family and Other Animalsis a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood."Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities."-Sunday Telegraph
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Gerald Durrell
- Language
- English
- Series
- The Corfu Trilogy
- ISBN
- 9780003303186
- Release date
- 1997
- Volume
- #1
