The Clan of the Cave Bear (The Earth's Children Series Book 1)

468 pp. 8vo. Author's first book. The first in Auel's legendary Earth's Children series, and inspiration for the 1986 film starring Daryl Hannah. "This is the first novel in Jean M. Auel's epic of life 35,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the Earth. It follows the story of Ayla, a young girl who is adopted by a group of Neanderthal." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Jean Marie Auel born Jean Marie Untinen (born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American writer. She is best known for her Earth's Children books, a series of historical fiction novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. Her books have sold 34 million copies worldwide in many translations."