The Land of The Painted Caves (Earth's Children)

The triumphant finale of the hugely successful Earth's Children(r) series, with over 45 million copies sold worldwide. THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a mother and her Zelandoni training. Jean 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 lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today's news.