

I didn’t even care she turned out to be the smartest, most beautiful, ingenious little thing and the villain in the story was almost grotesque and cartoonish in his evildoing. See, you had a good story there – a little Cro-Magnon orphan girl found and raised by Neanderthals. Be warned I’m quite angry because I keep reading your books for some bizarre reason and I cringe and tear my hair out in despair. Ms Auel, there are some things I’d like to talk to you about.

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.more But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly-she 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.

Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.Ī natural disaster leaves the 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. A natura This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear. This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.
