It doesn’t help that Auel also falls into the habit of incessant repetition as she presents her extensively researched narrative of a time period dating to about 25,000 years ago and set in the region of Europe that would become France. (The only thing more detailed than one of Auel’s descriptive passages is probably an entry in an encyclopedia.)įor some of today’s readers accustomed to receiving information in nanoseconds, this pacing will seem a bit sluggish. But readers have loved the uncertainty of Ayla’s hazardous future as well as the detail Auel brings to Ayla’s world. No small feat considering that the books average about 700 pages. Over the years, her journey has engrossed fans and turned the series into a bestselling phenomenon - more than 45 million books sold. She’s come a long way from the outcast of the first book. Ayla is now mated to Jondalar and mother to a baby girl, Jonayla. “The Land of Painted Caves,” her sixth and final installment, picks up where “The Shelters of Stone” left off. It’s been 31 years since readers were introduced to Ayla, a 5-year-old orphaned Cro-Magnon girl adopted by Neanderthals in “The Clan of the Cave Bear,” the first book in Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series.
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