She lives with her husband, Ray, in Oregon. She has honorary degrees from four universities and was honored by the French government's Ministry of Culture with the medal of an 'Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters'. Her extensive research has earned her the respect of archaeologists and anthropologists around the world. Her Earth's Children® series has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and includes The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone, and The Land of Painted Caves. 'Jean Auel has performed a minor miracle.' He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority.

Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza's way of healing, most come to accept her. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly-she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.Ī natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. She and her husband, Ray Bernard Auel, have five children and live in Portland, Oregon.This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.

She received honorary degrees from her alma mater, as well as the University of Maine and the Mount Vernon College for Women. As of 2010 her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide, in many translations.Īuel attended University of Portland, and earned an MBA in 1976. In this video Ill do my best to lay out what we know about the aborted Clan of. Auel, née Jean Marie Untinen is an American author 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. 1.62M subscribers 90K views 4 years ago In 2016 the Earths Children saga ended not with a bang, but a whimper. She and her husband, Ray Bernard Auel, have five children and live in Portland, Oregon. Auel attended University of Portland, and earned an MBA in 1976. As of 2010 her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide, in many translations. Auel, née Jean Marie Untinen is an American author 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.

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