num_pages: 491
description: At the dawn of Man, the story of one woman's battle for survival... Set 35,000 years ago, The Clan of the Cave Bear tells of a young girl, Ayla, separated from her parents during an earthquake, and later adopted by a strange tribe whose physical and mental qualities differ starkly from her own. As she grows up, a set standard of behaviour is expected of her, but she determined to find her own way, even at the cost of earning banishment from the Clan.
language: English
title: The Clan of the Cave Bear
titlecomplete: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
characters: Ayla, Iza, Brun, Mog-Ur, Broud
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Prehistoric, Romance, Adult, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 261508
places: Stone Age
series: Earth's Children 
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: First Novel
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton