Solved - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

[master69]

I am looking for a book that I read nearly 20 years ago and the book was purchased in charity shop, so is older than this timescale. Anyway, the theme of the book was about a young boy and his family and they moved from England to a foreign country on the Med (I think). The story centres around the boys life and love of insects and small creatures and animals. It was very amusing and I seem to recall that it was auto-biographical? If anyone can help me in this search I would be extremely grateful.

 

[lenny nero]

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.

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.

There's also a movie of it.

 

[master69]

thanks

Talk about fast and precise, thank you very much.

 

[sparkchaser]

Good work, Lenny.

 

[Libra6Poe]

Lenny, you are awesome.

 

[lenny nero]

I knew this one, as I'd seen the movie 2 or 3 years ago on PBS. I think this is the only one of these that I've ever answered.

 

[Libra6Poe]

I think this is the only one of these that I've ever answered.

I'm always hoping I'll be able to answer one... but I've only been able to figure out my own.