Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel, Hachette, $49.99.
Thirty years ago, Jean M. Auel became a literary legend with The Clan Of The Cave Bear, the first book in her Earth’s Children series. Auel made prehistory come alive with the story of Ayla, an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl with an amazing knack for survival.
Millions of fans waited excitedly for each one of Auel’s historical volumes to reach their eager hands.
Now, Jean M. Auel gives fans the finale they’ve been looking for, with the highly anticipated sixth and final book of the Earth’s Children series.
Once again, Jean M. Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago, rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real as today’s news.