Jean M Auel- The Shelters Of Stone

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THE SHELTERS OF STONE

Ayla and Jondalar have reached his home at last:
the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age
settlement in the region known today as south-west
France. Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii
as well as much to teach them. Jondalar's family
greet him warmly, but they are initially wary of the
beautiful young woman he has brought back, with
her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses.
She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the
spiritual leader of her people, a fellow healer with
whom she can share her medicinal skills. After the
rigours and dangers that have characterised her
extraordinary life, Ayla yearns for peace and
tranquillity; to be Jondalar's mate and to have
children. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be
ignored, and even as she gives birth to their eagerly-
awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a
greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.

'Meticulously researched ... course-by-course
menus for Upper Paleolithic blow-outs . .. that
Joanne Harris might envy. Jean Auel is as remarkable
a figure as J R R Tolkien.' Daily Express