When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray
English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and
relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was
intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a
delightful account of Durrell's family's experiences, from the many eccentric
hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes,
ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.