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, beautifully repackaged as part of
the Penguin Essentials range. 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is
sunshine...a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be
nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from
George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack
up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother
unguardedly. 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. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of
discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday
Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times Gerald Durrell was born
in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928
before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he
joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947
he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He
later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay,
Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar.
His first television programme, Two in the Bush which documented
his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962;
he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the
world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, and in 1964
he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded
the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his
brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in
1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write
thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The
Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo
in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur
Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.
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