First published 1956
When young naturalist Gerald Durrell moves to the Greek island of Corfu, he discovers a paradise teeming with eccentric relatives and a menagerie of wild animals. Determined to study the island's diverse wildlife, he navigates his family's quirks and his own curiosity, getting into one scrape after another. From the antics of his larger-than-life relatives to the joys of befriending a menagerie of dogs, birds, and insects, Gerald's moving coming-of-age tale brims with the delight of discovering the natural world.
Genres: family, nature, animals, adventure, coming-of-age, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Corfu Island (Greece), Corfu Island, Greece, Corfu, Kerkyra, Kerkyra (Greece)
Period: 1935-1939
Hardcover · Peter Smith Pub Inc