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The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children 1 Book

The Clan of the Cave Bear is the start of Jean M Auel's epic Earth's Children series. When her parents are killed by an earthquake, five-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the little girl is as good as gone until she is discovered by a group who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. This clan, left homeless by the same disaster, has little interest in the helpless girl who comes from the tribe they refer to as the "Others". Only their medicine woman sees in Ayla a fellow human, worthy of care. She painstakingly nurses her back to health--a decision that will forever alter the physical and emotional structure of the clan. Although this story takes place roughly 35,000 years ago, its cast of characters could easily slide into any modern tale. The members of the Neanderthal clan, ruled by traditions and taboos, find themselves challenged by this outsider, who represents the physically modern Cro-Magnons. And as Ayla begins to grow and mature, her natural tendencies emerge, putting her in the middle of a brutal and dangerous power struggle. Although Jean Auel obviously takes certain liberties with the actions and motivations of all our ancestors, her extensive research into the Ice Age does shine through--especially in the detailed knowledge of plants and natural remedies used by the medicine woman and passed down to Ayla. Mostly, though, this first in the series of four is a wonderful story of survival. Ayla's personal evolution is a compelling and relevant tale. --Sara Nickerson, Amazon.com--This text refers to the hardcover edition.Read More

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    The story of Ayla begins when as a five-year-old orphan she is adopted by the Clan a group of Neanderthals. Initially she inspires surprise then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. She is cared for by its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. But she makes an implacable enemy of the group's future leader Broud. He will do all he can to destroy her - but Ayla is a survivor. Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life rich in detail of language culture myth and ritual has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

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    The Clan of the Cave Bear : Paperback : HODDER & STOUGHTON : 9780340824429 : 0340824425 : 04 Apr 2002 : First novel in Jean M. Auel's magnificent epic of life 35,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.

  • Waterstones

    Presents the story of Ayla that begins when, as a 5-year-old orphan, she is adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthals. Initially, she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. She is cared for by its medicine woman, Iza,

  • 0340824425
  • 9780340824429
  • Jean M Auel
  • 4 April 2002
  • Coronet
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 592
  • New Ed
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