<DIV>On a farm north of San Francisco, the celebrated writer Alice Walker diligently cares for a flock of chickens. <I>The Chicken Chronicles</I> captures her blossoming relationship with her chickens over the months and years and is an extraordinary document of personal recovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals.<BR><BR>Each of Walker&#8217;s thirty-seven Chronicles addresses her &#147;girls&#8221; directly, sometimes from the intimate proximity of her yard, other times at great distance, from her journeys to Bali, Dharamsala, and Gaza, as a witness and activist for peace and justice.</DIV>