My Animals & Other Family

by Julia Blackburn

In these five stories Julia Blackburn recalls the significant animals in her life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.

First comes Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar via Harrods pet department. He slept in an old cap on the back of the door, and could leap about the room via the picture rails. Then there are tropical fish, tortoises, chickens,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0224082345
• ISBN13: 9780224082341
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 7.3"