Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Land of the Painted Caves / Jean Auel / 757pp

The "rest of the story " of Ayla, Jondolar , their daughter, and the horses and wolf that are their companions. Ayla is in the process of becoming a Zelandoni (spiritual leader) for the Ninth Cave and learning to balance her life as mate and mother with her spiritual role. Prehistoric cave art is the focus of this book (although the detailed description of how to skin a wolverine from head to "toe" without ruining it -- is all bonus!!!) This 6th and supposedly final book in the Earth's Children series (however there is still more life and adventure for Ayla, since she's not dead), does read fairly quickly even with the author's excruciating attention to detail.

Pat

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