My Family and Other Animals

ISBN-13:	9780142004418
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/29/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	54,625
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

The first book in Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy: a bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu.When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.