This is book 1 in the Earth Children's series.
This book changed my life. I know that sounds a little weird but it did, truly. I was first given this book as a gangly teenager when all I read were Stephen King novels. The person that gave it to me, was horrified that I didn't read anything else (pardon the pun). So she gave me my first literature book.
I read it. I loved it.
The book introduces you to Ayla. Ayla is an injured orphan adopted by 'The Clan'. The clan are well, um, I guess the word is Neanderthals. Ayla is very different to The Clan, she is tall, blonde & blue eyed & likes to laugh, The Clan are short, dark eyed, dark hair and talk with their hands. Ayla doesn't fit in yet she is adopted by the Iza, the medicine women and she learns the medicines & cultures of their ways. She learns to hunt, which is not allowed, she has a child at a young age but most devastating of all is the last chapter when she is sent away from everything she has know because the new leader detests her.
The author has gone to great lengths to research the archaeology, anthropolgy, so you just don't get a good read, you learn as well! Jean Auel is not just a novelist, she is a true Story Teller.
Rie's Book Review Rating::::
10 = Read it. It is THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN.
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I love this book, I too read it while I was a teenager. (How weird does that sound now? teenager) I had the chance to buy a copy the other day in one of the local op shops and passed it up. I will have to keep my eye open for it again at the library.
Ah now I blame failing some of my A levels on this book. I just couldn't put it down and stayed up till 2am the night before my sociology exam frantically turning pages.
But it must be said I have never read any of her other books, may be a guilty conscience?
I loved that book and the ones following it when I was a teenager. I feel like I saw a new addition to the series recently. Somehow, I'm not sure I have the stamina to read one now - there were many more hours in the day when I was a kid. Maybe on vacation or something.
I loved Clan of the Cave Bear (and a bunch of the sequels as well!) when I was a teenager too! I think Jean Auel set the stage for me loving historical fiction. My current obsession is the Outlander series, which I feel is kind of like CotCB but more grown up. I'm totally loving them!
I, too, love this book! I just recently re-read the entire series and it's just as good now as it was when I first read it back in 1988. Wow. I'm totally showing my age, aren't I?
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