Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
by Gerald Durrell
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Author: Gerald DurrellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-29
ISBN: 0142004405
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: More adventures in Corfu
Summary: 3 Stars
Gerald Durrell has written quite a few books, including 3 about his life as a young boy on the Greek Island of Corfu. This is the middle book of the trilogy and is not as funny as the other two (My Family and Other Animals and In the Garden of the Gods). He relates various stories about his childhood which involved ranging far and wide on the island observing and collecting various animals, birds and insects. The stories are pleasant and interesting, just not laugh out loud funny like his other books. I did enjoy it.
I wouldn't recommend for middle school because one story contains pretty graphic detail of a peasant woman giving birth.
Summary of Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.Memoirs Books
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