His book is a memoir of a childhood full of sunlight and wonder, memorable animals, colorful Greek natives, and, of course, his ever-entertaining family. The Durrells enjoy Corfu so much they end up spending five years on the island, which suits young Gerry perfectly. My Family and Other Animals begins with the Durrell family deciding on a whim to escape a miserable British summer and take a vacation to the Greek island of Corfu. All in all, a real delight of a novel to read for any adult or older teenager. My Family and Other Animals is quite difficult to classify, being one part travel, one part autobiography, one part natural history, and one part comedy, with a thread of descriptive language running throughout that sometimes raises it nearly to poetry. By the end of the book, my ribs were sore from laughing and I had stayed up too late finishing it. By the end of the first chapter, I was captivated. By the end of the first page, I was intrigued. I picked up My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell on a whim, hoping for a mildly interesting Ebook to pass the time while waiting for my youngest to fall asleep one evening.
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