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My Family and Other Animals

By: Gerald Durrell
Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
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This memoir is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy, surrounded by his eccentric family - as well as puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies.©1956 Gerald Durrell (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Animals Environmentalists & Naturalists Funny Witty Feel-Good Dogs

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"A lot of frolic, fun, and charming ribaldry, as well as the warm feeling of having been transported to a lovely spot where worry is unknown and anything is believable." ( The New York Times)

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Humorous and heartwarming!

Loved it, thank you! Lovely company while doing household tasks. Give it a go - good fun!

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Absolutely brilliant and spirits lifting

There is nothing not to like about this book. Beautifully written, highly amusing, while also an education on Corfu and its animals, and performed to perfection. Thank goodness there are two books to follow.

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loved it

Narrated beautifully this story was engaging and entertaining. What fabulous bunch of eccentric personalities! The characters were bought to life, and what a treasurer's home-schooling adventure

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A fun story

Enjoyed this book and want to listen again because each chapter contains so much. Lots of laughs to be had.

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Laughter for all from all the characters :-)

Watched this series on television at a young age,
and listening to the book 45 years later was fun ear candy.

So very reflective of a time, place and pace before
tourists became truly ignorant and offensive to a foreign
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Lovely lively learning :-)

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Brilliant!

One of my all time favourite books! Read with such brilliant character voices and enthusiasm.

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Love it. I laughed so much.

The story and the narration was just perfection. I laughed so much. A really enjoyable read.

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One of the most enjoyable books ever

A great performance of one of the most delightful, colourful, and entertaining books ever written. The style is hilarious, caricatured and deeply beautiful. Worthy of repeated listenings, grinning, chortling and guffawing every few minutes, interspersed with misty-eyed periods of tranquility and appreciation. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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Entertaining and sweet escapism

Beautifully read, a series of stories about the quirky and charming Durrell family. Some laugh out loud moments and insightful observations of nature and animals.

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excellent

wonderful book. delightfully entertaining! the narrator does a great job. highly recommend this book for relaxing listening and for some laughs!

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