num_pages: 273
description: 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.
language: English
title: My Family and Other Animals
titlecomplete: My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
characters: Lawrence Durrell, Leslie Durrell, Margo Durrell, Gerald Durrell
genres: Greece, Biography, Animals, Travel, Nature, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor
ratings_count: 54097
places: Corfu
series: Corfu Trilogy
publisher: Penguin Books