{"product_id":"my-family-and-other-animals-by-gerald-durrell-9780241762943","title":"My Family and Other Animals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerald Durrell's\u003c\/em\u003e beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerald Durrell's\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46502063800556,"sku":"9780241762943","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1342973482274.jpg?v=1748608454","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/my-family-and-other-animals-by-gerald-durrell-9780241762943","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}