Birds, Beasts, and Relatives Summary
Gerald Durrell

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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives Summary

The story opens with a prelude called "Conversations" that occurs during a reunion of Gerald Darrell, his siblings and his mother in which he announces his intention to write a sequel to his first book, "My Family and Other Animals." His mother initially tells Gerald's brothers that she can't stop the project, but when he proposes to include a particular story about his mother, she joins in the objections. Gerald notes...

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