I first read these as a young teen, and as an owner of a variety of animals myself, felt a particular affinity with Gerry. I re-read the books in my early twenties while in Corfu, and of course the age difference added depth and location even more colour. These are books you can read at any age, wonderfully evocative they whisk you back in time. There is a lightness of touch that charms, while the humour delights. Simply gorgeous!
Books in The Corfu Trilogy:
1. My Family and Other Animals
2. Birds, Beasts and Relatives
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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. This tv tie in edition coincides with ITV's six part television series The 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 charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood.
My Family and Other Animals features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Young Adult Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations
My Family and Other Animals is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
My Family and Other Animals was written by Gerald Durrell and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
My Family and Other Animals has 336 pages
Yes it is part of The Corfu Trilogy series
£9.89
