My Family and Other Animals
- Puffin Books 1904
- 385pg. 20cm
My Family and Other Animals is a semi-autobiographical novel by British naturalist Gerald Durrell1234. It tells the story of Durrell's family's five-year stay on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 193912. The book is an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised account of the family's experiences1. The family resided in a series of villas and spent their time indulging in their varying interests2. The book was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of the family's experiences4.