'Shreya's desire for new experiences, and her attention to detail, remind me of Robert Louis Stevenson's travel writings. Never a dull moment!' - Ruskin Bond, author

'I feel a deep personal connection to this book. Gerald [Durrell] always told me that one of the reasons for his family's move to Corfu was that his mother, Louisa, missed India terribly. She had been born, married and brought up children there, relocating to England only because of the sudden death of her husband. In the grey, damp and cold, she pined for the vibrant sights, sounds, scents and tastes of India, for the company of a warm and generous people, and the vivacity and colour her life had once had. Corfu, so like India in these many ways, rekindled her love of living.

'In this book we're immersed in India, Corfu and all other points of the compass, the author skilfully guiding our way and revealing the treasures that each and every place surely has. But above all, this is a book about love - romantic, parental, familial and whatever the word is for the family dog. About love of place, history, literature, poetry and art, all around the world. It celebrates adventure and fun. In short, it is totally wonderful, written lustrously, wittily and kindly, and I recommend it as a fabulous read for everyone, anytime, anywhere.' - Lee Durrell, author, naturalist, and TV presenter

Shreya Sen-Handley is the author of Memoirs of My Body (2017), which won the Best Nonfiction Book of the year at the NWS Writing Awards 2018, and the short-story collection Strange (2019). A Welsh National Opera librettist and the first South Asian woman to write international opera, she has collaborated with WNO on their film series Creating Change in 2020, and the 200-performer multicultural opera Migrations touring Britain in 2022. Her play Quiet was staged in London by Tara Theatre in 2021.

Her short stories and poetry, published, broadcast, and shortlisted for prizes in India, Britain and Australia, also spearheaded a British national campaign against hate crimes in 2020.

Shreya teaches creative writing at various institutions, including the University of Cambridge. She is also a columnist and illustrator. She lives with her husband, two children, and a dog, in Sherwood Forest, England.