The Clan of the Cave Bear
Edition: Bantam Edition
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1981-08
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9780553227758
Copyright date: 1981
Subjects: Historical; Fiction - Historical
First sentence: The naked child ran out of the hide-covered lean-to toward the rocky beach at the bend in the small river.
Description: Here is a novel of awesome beauty and power. A moving saga about people, relationships and the boundaries of love. Through Jean Auel's magnificent storytelling, we are taken back to the dawn of mankind and swept up in the wonderful world of a very special heroine, Ayla. Her enthralling story is one we all can share. A natural disaster has left young Ayla alone, wandering, fending for herself in an unfamiliar land. One day, she is discovered by the Clan of the Cave Bear, men and women far different from her own people. The tall, blonde, blue-eyed Ayla is a mysterious stranger to the Clan and at first they mistrust her and cast her out. But as she grows to know them and to learn the ways of the Clan, she is welcomed. And as she leads them in their struggle for survival, the Clan comes to worship Ayla. For in her blood flows the future of humanity.
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