Gerald Durrell's account of his family's adventures on Corfu is thoroughly charming and delightful. Admittedly, my interest in the book was piqued after watching and the PBS/ITV adaptation and absolutely loving the family and their interactions on that series. I found the family as portrayed in the book to be the same family I loved from the series. In fact, what would have made me love the book even just a bit more would have been even more of the inter-family dynamics that are so well-captured by Durrell. The sense of place that Durrell evokes through his descriptions of Corfu, and it's scenery, flora, and fauna is stunning, though I have to admit that I found some of the more detailed descriptions of the wildlife that so fascinated Gerry to be occasionally a bit dry for me (just a personal reaction, certainly). That said, this book is an absolute treasure.