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Title	:	My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)
Author	:	Gerald Durrell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 273 pages
Published	:	June 29th 2004 by Penguin Books (first published 1956)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Humor. Animals. Travel

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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.

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Original Title:	My Family & Other Animals
ISBN:	0142004413 (ISBN13: 9780142004418)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Corfu Trilogy #1
Characters:	Gerald Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Margo Durrell, Leslie Durrell
Setting:	Corfu(Greece)

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Probably worth four stars, but any book that can get me caught up in a battle between a gecko and a mantis deserves five.

This is the story of a five-year sojourn that I and my family made on the Greek island of Corfu. It was originally intended to be a mildly nostalgic account of the natural history of the island, but I made a grave mistake by introducing my family into the book in the first few pages. Having got themselves on paper, they then proceeded to establish themselves and invite various friends to share the chapters. It was only with the greatest difficulty, and by exercising considerable cunning, that I

Laugh out loud funny and endearing. Gorgeous setting beautifully described. Wish I could take a trip to Corfu now. Can't do that but at least I have the next two books in the trilogy to read. :)). Watched the BBC adaptation first which was wonderful.

A delightful, lyrical and altogether MAGICAL read. *ADVANCE WARNING* Review includes mention of tortoise sex!It's usually a huge mistake to return to a childhood favourite, imagining it would be just as good the second time around. So when I found this book in the attic, with its dog-eared cover held together with Sellotape and pages jaundiced with age, I had mixed feelings about reading it again.(A side note to any fellow Brits who once strode majestically in platform shoes: the price on the

It gets better every time I read it. Thank Heavens Durrell didn't get much formal schooling, or they might have educated his writing ability right out of him. The chapter about the moonless midnight swim, with the fire flies flickering, and the porpoises making trails in the phosphorescence, and the millions of stars shining overhead was so incredibly beautiful that it brought real tears to my eyes.

Never before were animals (and yes, also insects) as funny and interesting as in this book. Insects will never be boring again after reading this book. Nor will birds or frogs or... Durrell handles them all with a lot of humour in the stories in this book. Exhilarating!

Re-read via the BBCNaturalist Gerald Durrell's magical 1930s childhood with his eccentric family on the Greek island of Corfu. Stars Celia Imrie.1956 - such a good year!