Jean M. Auel's Earth's ChildrenÂŽ Series
Jean M. Auel, Sandra Burr
MP3 CD
(Brilliance Audio, Aug. 1, 2017)
2013 NJPEC Packaging of the Year Gold Award2013 NJPEC Packaging of the Year Sustainability AwardA literary phenomenon, Jean M. Auelâs prehistoric odyssey is one of the best-loved sagas of our time. Employing meticulous research and the consummate artistry of a master storyteller, Auel paints a vivid panorama of the dawn of modern humans. Through Ayla, an orphaned girl who grows into a beautiful and courageous young woman, we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world, home to the Clan of the Cave Bear. Now, for the first time, all six novels in the Earthâs ChildrenÂŽ series are available in one convenient audiobook collection:THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEARTHE VALLEY OF HORSESTHE MAMMOTH HUNTERSTHE PLAINS OF PASSAGETHE SHELTERS OF STONETHE LAND OF PAINTED CAVESA natural disaster leaves a young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and uglyâshe is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Izaâs way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become the Clanâs next leader sees Aylaâs differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.Praise for the Earthâs ChildrenÂŽ seriesâAuel is a highly imaginative writer. She humanizes prehistory and gives it immediacy and clarity.â âThe New York Times Book ReviewâStorytelling in the grand traditionâŚ. From the violent panorama of spring on the steppes to musicians jamming on a mammoth-bone marimba, Auelâs books are a stunning example of world building. They join the short list of books, like James Clavellâs Shogun and Frank Herbertâs Dune, that depict exotic societies so vividly that readers almost regard them as âsurvival manuals.ââ âVogueâJean Auel has established herself as one of our premier storytellersâŚ. Her narrative skill is supreme.â âChicago TribuneâPure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating best.â âLos Angeles TimesâReaders who fell in love with little Ayla will no doubt revel in her prehistoric womanhood.â âPeopleâLively and interesting, enhanced greatly by the vividly colored backdrop of early humanityâŚAuel is a prodigious researcher.â âThe Washington Post Book WorldâAmong modern epic spinners, Auel has few peersâŚ. She deftly creates a whole world, giving a sense of the origins of class, ethnic, and cultural differences that alternately divide and fascinate us today.â âKirkus Reviews (starred review)