The Chicken Chronicles: A Memoir

By: Alice Walker

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Synopsis: A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of The Color Purple. When Alice Walker grew up in the deep south of America, her family always kept chickens - for meat and for eggs - and her job was to chase down the Sunday dinner! In later life, when she settled in Mexico and was growing her own food, she realised how much she missed keeping them and decided to get a brood of her own. So into her life came Gertrude Stein, Babe, Babe 2, Hortensia, Splendor, Glorious, Rufus and Agnes of God, not to mention a few others. She discovered a deep contentment in keeping chickens, looking after them and watching them develop. This experience also made her think about her own life - her occasional eating of meat, meditating on the interdependence of humans and animals, and brought back severed memories of her childhood. This book isn't a 'how to' on keeping chickens, although there is plenty of detail about the practicalites; it is a warm memoir chronicling her journey and the way in which keeping chickens led her to a fuller understanding of herself.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 288 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780297865124
Related ISBNs:: 9781780220062, 9780297865117
Publisher:: Orion
Date of Addition:: 03/22/21
Copyrighted By:: Alice Walker
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Literature and Fiction, Technology, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.