Ocells, bèsties i parents

In Birds, Beasts and Relatives Gerald Durrell narrates the adventures of his eccentric family, who a few years before World War II decided to settle on the sunny and then paradisiacal Greek island of Corfu. Gerald, between the ages of ten and fifteen, shares his passion for animals of all kinds: toads and turtles, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses, which often end up living at home and share a presence in these pages with the his brothers Larry, Les and Margo, mother Louise and all the memorable characters of the island that make this book a gem: the story full of humor and intelligence of a magical and uniquely free childhood, crazy and happy.