My Family and Other Animals
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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.My Family and Other AnimalsThe Speech For The Defence
Part One
The Migration
1. The Unsuspected Isle
2. The Strawberry-Pink Villa
3. The Rose-Beetle Man
4. A Bushel Of Learning
5. A Treasure Of Spiders
6. The Sweet Spring
Conversation
Part Two
7. The Daffodil-Yellow Villa
8. The Tortoise Hills
9. The World In A Wall
10. The Pageant Of Fireflies
11. The Enchanted Archipelago
12. The Woodcock Winter
Conversation
Part Three
13. The Snow-White Villa
14. The Talking Flowers
15. The Cyclamen Woods
16. The Lake Of Lilies
17. The Chessboard Fields
18. An Entertainment With Animals
The Return
“A lot of frolic, fun, and charming ribaldry, as well as the warm feeling of having been transported to a lovely spot where worry is unknown and anything is believable.”-The New York Times
“A most enjoyable idyll.” –The New Yorker Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. A student of zoology, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey. He wrote many books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu. He passed away in 1995.US
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| Weight | 8 oz |
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| Dimensions | 0.7500 × 5.1000 × 7.7500 in |
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| Subjects | childhood memoir, corfu, books for 12 year old girls, biographies and memoirs, books for 12 year old boys, durrells in corfu books, The Durrells, books about greece, greece memoir, greek islands, corfu trilogy, animal family, biophilia, science memoir, sociobiology, durrells in corfu, bbc drama, gerald durrell books, animal friends, Memoir, Animals, animal books, greece, natural history, wildlife, masterpiece, biodiversity, nature, memoirs, kids books ages 9-12, TRV009080, autobiographies, NAT001000, books best sellers, travel gifts |
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