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Also by Alice Walker:

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire, April 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Chicken Chronicles, May 2011
Hardcover
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, October 2010
Hardcover
The Color Purple, May 2003
Trade Size (reprint)

THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES
By: Alice Walker

Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir

New Press
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 1595586458
EAN: 9781595586452
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir

For the past several years, on a farm north of San Francisco, the celebrated writer Alice Walker has diligently cared for a flock of chickens. Over time, her blossoming relationship with “her girls” became a source of inspiration, strength, and spiritual discovery, and helped Walker connect more profoundly with her own past as a girl in rural Georgia. Walker has recorded this journey in The Chicken Chronicles, an extraordinary document of personal discovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals.

Each of Walker’s thirty-eight chronicles addresses her “girls” directly, sometimes from the intimate proximity of her yard, other times at a great distance, from her journeys to Bali and Dharamsala as a witness and activist for peace and justice. By turns uplifting and heartbreaking, The Chicken Chronicles is a new treat for Walker fans, a powerful touchstone for anyone seeking a deeper connection with the natural world, and a celebration of chickens everywhere!

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - May 2, 2011