Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor Gerald Durrel Menagerie Manor is sure to
delight fans of Durrell’s beloved classic My Family and
Other Animals (the inspiration for  The Durrells in Corfu 
on Masterpiece PBS) and other accounts of his lifelong
fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his
unfailing charm Durrell tells the story of how he finally
fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private
zoo the Manor of Les Augres on the English Channel island
of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife a selfless
staff and a reluctant bank manager the zoo grows and
readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoo’s
unusual animal inhabitants.