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The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content) by Jean M. Auel – book cover

The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content)

By Jean M. Auel

This epic sweeps the reader back 25,000 years. Ayla is adopted by a group of Neanderthals. At first she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. Ayla is cared for by the medicine woman, but makes an…

Release Date
1980
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Our Review

This epic sweeps the reader back 25,000 years. Ayla is adopted by a group of Neanderthals. At first she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. Ayla is cared for by the medicine woman, but makes an enemy of the group's leader, who will do anything to destroy her.

Author

Jean M. Auel