The Shelters of Stone : Earth's Children (Earth's Children Ser., Bk. 5)
by Auel, Jean M
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jean Auel's fifth novel about Ayla, the Cro-Magnon cavewoman raised by Neanderthals. In The Shelters of Stone, Ayla meets the Zelandonii tribe of Jondalar, the Cro-Magnon hunk she rescued from Baby, her pet lion. Ayla is pregnant. How will Jondalar's mom react? Or his fiancée? Ayla wows her future in-laws by striking fire from flint and taming a wild wolf. But most regard her Neanderthal adoptive Clan as subhuman "flatheads." Clan larynxes can't quite manage language, and Ayla must convince the Zelandonii that Clan sign language isn't just arm-flapping. Zelandonii and Clan are skirmishing, and those who interbreed are deemed "abominations." What would Jondalar's tribe think if they knew Ayla had to abandon her half-breed son in Clan country? The plot is slow to unfold, because Auel's first goal is to pack the tale with period Pleistocene detail, provocative speculation, and bits of romance, sex, tribal politics, soap opera, and homicidal wooly rhino-hunting adventure. It's an enveloping fact-based fantasy, a genre-crossing time trip to the Ice Age. 753 pages. Prev. owners address label on top right corner of Ffep. Top & bottom of spine bumped..
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Jean M. Auel is an international phenomenon. Her Earth's Children® series has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and includes The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone, and The Land of Painted Caves . Her extensive research has earned her the respect of archaeologists and anthropologists around the world. She has honorary degrees from four universities and was honored by the French government's Ministry of Culture with the medal of an "Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters". She lives with her husband, Ray, in Oregon.
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- The Shelters of Stone : Earth's Children (Earth's Children Ser., Bk. 5)
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- Auel, Jean M
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- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, 2002
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- FICTION HISTORICAL AYLA FICTITIOUS CHARACTER AUEL EUROPE FANTASY SCI-FI SCIENCE 0609610597
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