He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly.Įscaping 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.īut 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. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine.a country where we can grow.' My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.
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