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On my husband’s recommendation, we decided to try My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell – because we both love animal stories ... age 16. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £20. … While serving as much of the source for the TV show, this book alone still manages to be as different from the TV show as it is from the reality depicted in Haag's biography of the Durrell family "The Durrells In Corfu", which I bought along with "My Family And Other Animals". LoveReading View on My Family and Other Animals. Choose by age group, book … Gerry was ten years old when the family arrived in Corfu, and the rich, varied fauna of the island stimulated his already-avid love for the natural world. My Family and Other Animals has been a favourite book of mine since I first read it at around ten years old, the same age as Gerry is at the beginning of the book. My Family and Other Animals, the first of Gerald Durrell's Corfu trilogy, was first published in 1956 and recounts the family's life from 1935¿39. It documented with hilarity the Durrell familys five-year sojourn on the Greek island of Corfu, a magical island paradise that I would love to visit one day. Buy My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell from Waterstones today! Chosen by July 2012 Guest Editor Caroline Lawrence: "I discovered this as a University student but fell for it as hard as any eleven-year-old.When I came to England to study Classics at Cambridge I bought the unabridged audiobook read by one of my favourite British actors, Nigel Davenport. My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell's hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals (The Corfu Trilogy Book 1) is a delightful memoir by Gerald Durrell, a British naturalist, conservationist, and author. This is the story of Gerald's adventures with the fascinating animals of Corfu, and, of course, with his surprising family and their friends.