{"product_id":"my-family-and-other-animals-3","title":"My Family And Other Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Durrell's beloved classic memoir, now published as a beautiful Penguin Clothbound Classics edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003e'When My Family and Other Animals was published it was as if someone had flung back the curtains, thrown up the windows and let in a stream of bright light' - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003e'Gerald Durrell was magic' \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003cb\u003eSir David Attenborough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003e'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIt is 1935 and the Durrells have escaped the leaden summer skies of Bournemouth to arrive 'like a troupe of medieval tumblers' on the sun-drenched island of Corfu for a new life. Gerald Durrell's beloved portrayal of his chaotic family - beatific Mother, Roger the dog, diet-obsessed Margo, book-loving Lawrence and gun-wielding Leslie - as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Gerald Durrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46677030535346,"sku":"9780241767061","price":440.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/my-family-and-other-animals-3","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}