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Total pages original book: 320
Includes a PDF summary of 36 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 26M16S (7.2 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: 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. 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
Other categories, genre or collection: Funny Books & Stories, Conservation Of The Environment, Autobiography: General, Places & Peoples: Pictorial Works, Wildlife: General Interest