Penny has wonderful memories of her father reading Gerald Durrell's books to her and they often talked of visiting Corfu however we meet Penny as she sits by her father's bedside in a hospice. Penny's fiancee hasn't been supportive throughout her father's illness and now he has been offered a post in Italy she knows there is no future for their relationship. Some months after her father's death Penny decides to make the trip to Corfu to spend a month visiting the places she remembers so clearly from the books, sadly without her father but with his memory as a companion. In Looking For The Durrells Melanie Hewitt has written a book that will appeal to many readers, those who also remember reading Gerald Durrells books or who watched the series on television, plus readers who enjoy books set in other countries and all those who simply want the perfect summer read.