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. '
Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities'
Sunday Telegraph '
A bewitching book'
Sunday Times.
Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood.
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.
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.
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