The Land of Painted Caves

Earth's Children, Book 6

By: Jean M. Auel

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 34 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Ayla, one of the most remarkable and beloved heroines in contemporary fiction, continues to explore the world and the people around her with curiosity, insight, and, above all, courage.

As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave - a shelter of stone. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte and has embarked on the arduous task of training to become a spiritual leader. The wisdom that Ayla gained from her struggles as an orphaned child, alone in a hostile environment, strengthen her as she moves closer to leadership of the Zelandonia.

Whatever the obstacles, Ayla’s inventive spirit produces new ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life: searching for wild edibles to make delicious meals, experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandoni must take, honing her skills as a healer and a leader. And then, there are the Sacred Caves, the caves that Ayla’s mentor - the Donier, the First of the Zelandonia - takes her to see. These caves are filled with remarkable art - paintings of mammoths, lions, aurochs, rhinoceros, reindeer, bison, bear. The powerful, mystical aura within these caves sometimes overwhelms Ayla and the rituals of initiation bring her close to death. But through those rituals, Ayla gains A Gift of Knowledge so important that it will change the world.

Spellbinding drama, meticulous research, fascinating detail, and superb narrative skill combine to make The Land of Painted Caves a captivating, utterly believable creation of a long ago civilization that serves as an astonishing end to this beloved saga.

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©2011 Jean M. Auel (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Loved the Series, but....

I felt like Jean was trying to make the story longer by repeating herself... constantly. Not only events from the previous books, but from this book as well. I found it extremely annoying. If not for that I would have rated this 5 stars.

Boring!

I've read every book in the series, all of them could be a little boring due to trying to explain the historical aspect, but this one was just simply horrible. there was more historical than story to it and it was a struggle to get through. the narrator did a good job though.

Caves

This book made me cry and rejoice in the people. I wish our world today would learn from them. We are all to selfishly.

The Reader

This is a lengthy book the readers accents were not favorable to a natural relaxed flow of the material presented. This book will be recommended and gifted to the teenagers of my acquaintance I look foreword to discussions of many topics touched upon in this book.

Des rappels encore des épisodes précédents mais une bonne histoire de la vie

Des rappels encore des épisodes précédents mais une bonne histoire de la vie.
De très belles descriptions des cavernes peintes, des situations crédibles de psychologie, un bon livre tout de même

Such a great story!

I listened to this with audible and immersed myself in the story! All six are great. The author is so knowledgeable and the narrator brings life to Ayla and remains consistent across all six books.

Too bad the series is over

Was not a fan of the accents- they made it hard to follow the story. The way it ended felt like the last episode of tv series- kind of rushed and not really resolved. Glad I listened to all of the books tho

amazing ending to this series!

I absolutely love this book, I was a little hesitant upon reading the reviews. I got use to Ayla's accent and it helped define the different characters. This was book was exactly how this series should end. I smiled I cried and I learned some interesting facts about animals, birds, plants. I didn't find this any different the how the other book before this were.

Great continuation of the story

Great story for those of us that have read the other books in the series

Continuity of characters

The approach to solving the characters issues between each other. The continued embrace of taking care of the earth. The honoring of animals and people who are different.