THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla her mate Jondalar & their little daughter Jonayla taking readers on a journey of discovery & adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother & her training to become a Zelandoni
- one of the Ninth Cave communitys spiritual leaders & healers. Once again Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills & appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago rendering the terrain dwelling places longings beliefs creativity & daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as todays news.