Jacquie Durrell

Humourous memoirs by Jacquie Durrell, the wife of the British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell. She tells of their courtship and travels collecting wild animals around the world, with emphasis on the difficulties and humourous situations they often encountered as they worked together to collect rare animals, make nature films and educate the public about wildlife and conservation of animal habitat. Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust Zoo, and the World Wildlife show more Fund, and wrote a series of autobiographical books. show less

Disappointing. Gerald Durrell's wife. Amusing animal stories, but no family info.

My comments in 1972: “Interesting observations on the writing habits of Larry Durrell (2000 words per morning) and Gerald Durrell (nocturnal). Writing style about adequate, but a mere shadow of her husband’s books.”