My Family and Other Animals

Author(s): Gerald Durrell

Location(s): Corfu

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs

Era(s): 1930s

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Sometimes it’s pretty hard to tell them apart… my family and the animals, that is. I don’t know why my brothers and sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, our house, on the island of Corfu, is a bit like a circus. So they should feel right at home…

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Warm characters and a wealth of wonderful creatures and an abudnance of flora and fauna on this beautiful island. Love it! – Sheila S –

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Heartwarming!

Read this book for GCE (yes no S in those days!) in 1969 and it kindled my desire to visit Corfu, which I eventually did in 1987 with husband and two small sons! Took a lovely boat trip up...