The shelters of stone / Jean M. Auel.
Material type: TextSeries: Auel, Jean M. Earth's children: Publisher: New York, New York : Bantam Dell, c2003Edition: Bantam Mass Market editionDescription: xi, 896 pages : maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 055328942X [newsprint]Subject(s): Ayla (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Prehistoric peoples -- Fiction | Glacial epoch -- Fiction | Europe -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Sample text | Publisher description Summary: Summary: Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, have completed their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar's people, the Zelandonii. These people of the Ninth Cave fascinate Ayla, and in their female spiritual leader-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 their formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Ayla's unfamiliar ways and her relationship with the Clan, openly opposing her mating with Jondalar. Now Ayla must call on all her wisdom 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.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Fiction | F Au31s 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000015546 |
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Summary: Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, have completed their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar's people, the Zelandonii. These people of the Ninth Cave fascinate Ayla, and in their female spiritual leader-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 their formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Ayla's unfamiliar ways and her relationship with the Clan, openly opposing her mating with Jondalar. Now Ayla must call on all her wisdom 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.
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