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The Clan of the Cave Bear

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The Clan of the Cave Bear

By: Jean M. Auel
Narrated by: Rowena Cooper
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Clan of the Cave Bear is the first novel in Jean M. Auel's magnificent best-selling epic of life 35,000 years ago. Leave the 21st century and go back to Ice Age Europe. Follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake and is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. See how the Clan's wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman, Iza, and its wise holy man, Creb. Immerse yourself in a world dictated by the demands of survival in a hostile environment, and be swept away in an epic tale of love, identity and struggle.

©1980 Jean M Auel (P)1992 AudioGO Ltd
Fiction Historical Fiction 21st Century

Critic Reviews

"Beautiful, exciting, imaginative." ( New York Times)
"A major best seller...a remarkable work of imagination." ( Daily Express)

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loved it!

I have read the book twice, rare for me, and now many years later listen to it. and still loved it. took a little getting used to the narrator's voice and accent, but fine once I was.

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Gorgeous, beautifully written story

An old favourite. The narrator just bought something really special to this story. But I can’t say any more as I am in a hurry to buy the next one in the series!!

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Lived up to expectation

This series is one of my all time favorites and now to have been able to listen to it on Audible made the story come to life for me once again. I first read this series 25-30 years ago and many times since. My daughter is even named Ayla after the main character :)
The narrator has done an amazing job bringing this story to life and has done the wonderful tale justice. Next purchase will be book no 2! I highly recommend!

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Best story telling book ever

Read this book over 30 years ago and loved listening as an audiobook as much as the first time reading.

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Great book

This is an excellent book. I really enjoyed it. I liked the human history in the story.

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loved this book

can't wait to hear more of the books in this series. fantastic story from past

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A great book

I liked the overall book was well structured, the voice was relatively easy to listen to , a few words mispronounced but didn’t take away from the story

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Just Wonderful

I loved this book. There is alot of descriptive language around the environment that can at times be a little boring but the storyline was wonderful.

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awsome book

remember reading as a child.. such a great story even better when been read to me

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Great Story

Great book, looking forward to getting into the next one. 👌🏼

An interesting story of one women born to the others.

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