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The Shelters of Stone
The Shelters of Stone: Earth's Children | Jean M. Auel
The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalars people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes, customs, artifacts, even their homesformed in great cliffs of vertical limestoneare a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave (and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure), she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills.But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Aylas unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar, and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii.Jean Auel is at her very best in this superbly textured creation of a prehistoric society. The Shelters of Stone is a sweeping story of love and danger, with all the wonderful detailbased on meticulous research that makes her novels unique. It is a triumphant continuation of the Earths Children saga that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear. And it includes an amazing rhythmic poem that describes the birth of Earths Children and plays its own role in the narrative of The Shelters of Stone.
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Jana-Maia
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Quinto volumen de la saga Los Hijos de la Tierra.
Esta vez, Ayla se encuentra entre la gente de su compañero. Debe lidiar contra los celos, la envidia, la inseguridad y los prejuicios de los demás, pero demostrará la gran mujer que es. La Madre Tierra la eligió como una de sus mejores hijas y es ahora cuando todo su aprendizaje se pondrá a prueba.

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Shelters of Stone | Jean M Auel
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Mehso-so

Maybe I‘m tiring of the series. Or maybe it‘s my mood? Most of this was just background noise while I was driving. 2/5🪨s

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MicrobeMom
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Spending this Saturday morning reading in the car and my daughter gets a private dance lesson. 45 mins of quiet to read! I‘ll take it! #roughbeingaparent

BarbaraBB Is this one of the Cavebear series? 4y
MicrobeMom @BarbaraBB Yes,it is the 5th and second to last. I have been reading this series slowly over the last 2 years. (edited) 4y
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MicrobeMom
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Dinner and book to relax before next week starts! #ineedthis

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MicrobeMom
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This is my plan for this Saturday evening. #drinkingandreading #saturdayreads

Chelsea.Poole I love a White Claw with a book 😁 4y
MicrobeMom @Chelsea.Poole 👏👏♥️♥️ 4y
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StephMC82
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Dunkin donuts in my favorite cup ✔ last of The Clan of the Cave Bear series ✔ relaxing outside ✔ Best way to spend a Saturday morning ✔✔✔

#recoupregroup #alonetime #naturereading

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Chellebearss
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I am really enjoying these stories although the repetition of information from the previous books is a bit too much, as well as too much educational information about the land, time and animals. The story gets bogged down at times with just too much extras, but the story itself is still wonderful and captivating. If I didn't love the story and characters so much the extras would ruin it and possibly cause me not to continue. 3.5🌟 #108of2018

Daisey I loved the early part of this series but had a tough time with the last two. 6y
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Fantasyfan
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A reread of #5 of The Children of Earth series. It has been a number of years since I read this. It‘s still just as good! Auel, write me some more prehistoric novels or some archeology!

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Brenley
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The second #bookhaul from mom's attic. Dad says I can only go through one box a day... 😰 But I want to see all the books!!!

DebinHawaii Nice! 👍📚 8y
DebReads4fun Jean Auel is one of my favorite authors! 8y
Vexingcircumstance Why can you only go through one box a day? 8y
Brenley @Vexingcircumstance there are like 4 or 5 boxes and they are all up in the attic. So it's a job to bring them all down and I'm only at my parents until Monday. I think it's a clever plot to get me to come over more often 😉 it will work! (edited) 8y
Vexingcircumstance Lol. Makes sense. I wondered if it was an excuse to get you to come over more. 8y
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