false <![CDATA[My Family and Other Animals]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170350325m/48132.jpg 48132 38 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. <I>My Family and Other Animals</I> 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. 76682 1956 My Family and Other Animals total:1527|5:774|4:524|3:181|2:38|1:10| 1527 6595 2122 238 5 6 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Fri Jan 04 05:41:26 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 05:41:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 20 06:18:31 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 06:18:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 10 15:37:40 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 20:31:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 08:19:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 08:28:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 29 23:24:52 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 18:16:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Apr 02 17:27:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 17:44:24 -0700 2009
Gerald Durrell, brother of noted writer Lawrence Durre...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Sat Sep 19 03:10:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 00:55:22 -0700 2009 I was so captured by his ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 29 19:00:22 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 19:03:57 -0700 2007
He started my obsession with National Geographic magazine (because of the articles on bugs and animals), caused me to have a gigantic crush on him (until I found out he was like, 75 when I was 16), and made me desperate to vis...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Nov 19 05:43:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 16:18:35 -0800 2008
A collection of annecdotes told from the humorous eyes of Gerry Durrell, circa t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 01:55:48 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 01:57:57 -0700 2008 Rome & Jerusalem, I picked this up for a quick re-read. Where it's funny, it's hilarious; where it's not funny, it's still interesting.

Durrell massively overuses modifiers in a way that would be unacceptable in fiction, but somehow gets away with it (most of th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 21 17:19:51 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 26 07:10:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 11:56:14 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:14:58 -0800 2009 begin to describe what it has done for me and I will always be grateful to Gerald Durrell for writing it.

I am not an animal lover, but Durrell's skilled writing and vibrant,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 08:43:04 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:20:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 13:52:22 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 13:53:17 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 16:58:28 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 14:23:38 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:45:22 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:50:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:13:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 22:06:52 -0700 2009 My Friend and Other Animals is shades of James Herriot, Peter Jenkins, Bill Bryson, and something altogether wonderful.

Ostensibly, a memoir about Durrell's life as a ten-year old when he - and his larger-than-life family pack up ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jul 25 19:30:27 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 19:30:39 -0700 2009 a favorite book, so I was really happy when redhouse agreed to a
trade for it.

And, now that I've just finished reading it, I must say that I
absolutely loved this book. The characters are so distinctly
described that I could pr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 03:55:18 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 11:46:15 -0800 2009
Telling the reader about his period in Corfu, where he moved with his family when he was a young boy, Gerald Durrell introduces the members of his family and the animals, insects and ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 11:01:13 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 07:43:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=48132