The Valley of Horses (Earths Children, #2)

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This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself The short summer gives her little time to look, and when she finds a sheltered valley with a herd of hardy steppe horses, she decides to stay and prepare for the long glacial winter ahead Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship One winter extends to she discovers a way to make fire quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don t fulfill her restless need for human companionship Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind. Best Read [ The Valley of Horses (Earths Children, #2) ] By [ Jean M. Auel ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Dad Sohow s the book Me Hmn Well, I like the first two thirds or so, that s all survivalist nerd stuff But after that, it kind of turns into caveman porn Later that week Dad SoI borrowed your book Me Oh Uncomfortable silence Me Sowhat did you think of it Dad Well, you were right, th...I ve never seen a series take such a downturn so fast When we last saw Ayla in The Clan of the Cave Bear, she had been banished, sentenced to death by the clan leader, Broud, who hated her The Valley of the Horses takes place immediately after, as Ayla begins to wander the steppes in pursuit of her people Eventually, she settles in a valley populated with horses While she is there, she befriends a horse and ekes out a living.Oh.My.God.I don t think I ve ever seen a series shoot itself in the I ve never seen a series take such a downturn so fast When we last saw Ayla in The Clan of the Cave Bear, she had been banished, sentenced to death by the clan leader, Broud, who hated her The Valley of the Horses takes place immediately after, as Ayla begins to wander the steppes in pursuit of her people Eventually, she settles in a valley populated with horses While she is there, she befriends a horse and ekes out a living.Oh.My.God.I don t ...She walks away alone, a figure in the vast, savage, uncaring, desolate, almost empty region, of what is now the Ukraine, expelled by her adopted, Neanderthal, cave dwelling band, Ayla, at 14, is forced to leaves her small, beloved child, Durc, behind, cursed by the only people the Cro Magnon girl can remember, into the unknow...Ouch I ve never known a series to go so downhill in the second book When I read The Clan of the Cave Bear I was swept up into a prehistoric world filled with spirits, survival and a wonderfully intricate belief system After the end of that book Ayla is out on her own, battling the elements, wild animals and her own loneliness It sounded so promising But parallel to following Ayla, we also follow two men Jondalar and his brother Thonolan, unsure of how they w...I didn t mind that it devolved devolved, get it hehehe anyway, I didn t mind that the book turned out to be porn for women who pretend they don t like that sort of thing because its soooo low brow, but what I DID mind was that it became CLICH porn Oooo he s a man whose been with tons of women but never felt True Love Oooo she s a woman who s been raped in a way sanctioned by her culture and never had an orgasm Ahhhhh he s a man who yearns to love a woman who is his equal Ahhh she s a woman I didn t mind that it devolved devolved, ...This one goes down as my all time, 1, best read I learned SO many things and gainedstrength and independence than I though possible The story is this, Ayla is cast out from her family, leaving behind her only son, to survive in the ice age and the wilderness alone She has the knowledge of a medicine woman, and the skills of a sling to assist her survival But the greatest challenge is the loneliness She teaches herself to hunt with spears, to make knives, baskets, and implements for c This one goes down as my all time, 1, best read I learned SO many things and gainedstrength and independence than I though possible The story is this, Ayla is cast out from her family, leaving behind her only son, to survive in the ice age and the wilderness alone She has the knowledge of a medicine woman, and the skills ...Ayla s adventures volume two The writing is as bad as it was in volume one I detailed all the problems I had with it here with the addition of hackneyed sex scenes It makes me almost sad that generations of young girls had their introduction to porn literature through this crap It s enough to put you off of both, sex and reading.You might wonder why I read the second volume when the first volume was so bad It s a good question and I m not sure mys Ayla s adventures volume two The writing is as bad as it was in volume one I detailed all the problems I had with it here with the addition of hackneyed sex scenes It makes me almost sad that generations of young girls had their introduction to porn literature through this crap It s enough to put you off of both, sex and reading.You might wonder why I read the second volume when the first volume was so bad It s a good que...5 STARSWritten in the early 80 s I suddenly find myself addicted LOL This one had a much different feel than the first book Read a bitlike a romance book but no less appealing Loved it Looking forward to book 3Thank God it is over 2 stars Silver Broken Gavel for Worst Book Read in 2014 Random Ramblings I cannot recall the last time I was so happy to finish a book I felt as if I had gone up against a ferocious beast and emerged as the winner Having recently read, REVIEWED and loved The Clan of the Cave Bear, I fully expected another magical story set it the distant past, long before recorded history I liked The Clan of the Cave Bear so much, it was my 7th favorite read of 2013 Unfortunate Thank God it is over 2 stars Silver Broken Gavel for Worst Book Read in 2014 Random Ramblings I cannot recall the last time I was so happy to finish a book I felt as if I had gone up against a ferocious beast and emerged as the winner Having recently read, REVIEWED and loved The Clan of the Cave Bear, I fully expected another magical story set it the distant past, long before recorded history I liked The Clan of the Cave Bear so much, it was my 7th favorite read of 2013 Unfortunately, the Valley of Horses turned into a prehistoric romance novel I felt duped and angry with how the series had progressed What looked to be shaping into an exciting and me...I don t know exactly what I was expecting, but this was only partially it Clan of the Cave Bearcertainly didn t set the bar high, literarily speaking However, I was taken aback by the shift in tone and emphasis Whereas Cave Bear seemed genuinely interested in being taken seriously, Valley of the Horses isinterested in titillating housewives whose macrame plant holders still boast spider plants and ferns galore The whole book smacks of repressed seventies feminism politics and speculat I don t know exactly what I was expecting, but this was only partially it Clan of the Cave Bearcertainly didn t set the bar high, literarily speaking However, I was taken aback by the shift in tone and emphasis Whereas Cave Bear seemed genuinely interested in being taken seriously, Valley of the Horses isinterested in titillating housewives whose macrame plant holders still boast spider plants and ferns galore The whole book smacks of repressed seventies feminism politics and speculative anthropological fiction make for awkward bedfellows Or should I say bedpersons Or should I crouch submissively at the feet of someone whose diction I admire and wait for Er to make the decision for me while simultaneously awakening in me desires and capabilities I never knew I had No, seriously Cave Bear was hilarious, and Valley of 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The Valley of Horses (Earths Children, #2)
  • English
  • 25 February 2017
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 544 pages
  • 0553381660
  • Jean M. Auel
  • The Valley of Horses (Earths Children, #2)