The Valley of Horses

Earth's Children, Book 2

By: Jean M. Auel

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 21 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

A timeless epic of the dawn of civilization.

In The Valley of Horses, Ayla, the unforgettable heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear, sets out on her own odyssey of discovery away from the nurturing adoptive family and friends of the Clan. She is in search of others like herself and in search of love.

Sharing a hidden valley with a herd of steppe horses, Ayla finds a unique friendship with animals as vulnerable as herself and ingeniously discovers the complex skills needed to survive - skills no Clan member was ever able to master.

But none of her experiences prepares her for the emotional turmoil she feels when she rescues a young man - the first of the Others she has seen - from almost certain death.

Torn between her desire for human companionship and her fear of the unknown Others, she struggles against her deep attraction to the handsome Jondalar. It is Jondalar who teaches her the meaning of true friendship and love.

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©2004 Jean M. Auel (P)2004 Brilliance Audio

2nd Reading

Every bit as good as the 1st time. I love the detailed descriptions of Ayla.

For me

Book 2.
I've read these books over and over. I always find something new to enjoy.

Spicy Evolution

Jean Auel really added a lot of sexual discourse to this book. At times it is very spicy and poses questions of the evolution of sex and its meaning. From abuse to love and how it effects the heroin. I also enjoyed the evolution of the woman and how she learns to take care of herself never really learning to appreciate how good she really is. I very much enjoy her dispersal of knowledge about herbs and medicine woman insights. The heroin learns and grows in her seance of self and others. The only frustrating thing for me was a glitch in the download which made spaces in the audio and I had to down load it a few times to get the full story. The story and drama was great.

Auel paints vivid pictures with her words.

I found these books the first time more than 30 years ago. I love the stories as much today as then. Rereading them is like visiting with old friends. There are times I can feel the wind off the steppes and the crashing of the river during the storms. I also learned so much about survival. Long live Ayla!

another captivating book!

I listen to books while driving, and this book made me want to drive more. I cannot wait to start the next book in the series.

One of my favorite book series.

My favorite one out of all of the earths children’s series. The thing I love about it the most is how it has that one on one time with Ayla in multiple parts in the book and it’s explaining how she’s surviving on her own in that valley. It’s my favorite because it explains what she hast to do to survive in that cave and what she hast to gather to continue to survive and her animals she meets along the way so she doesn’t get lonely.

Can’t stop listening!

I absolutely love how the author portrays the animal nature and instinct present within all the characters. Even the non-human ones. The constant struggle Ayla has between her unconscious instinct to use her intelligence, and her conditioning from the clan to be completely submissive, keeps you wanting to find out how she overcomes it. You can’t help but root for Ayla and believe there’s a divinity associated with her purpose

Valley of Hearts

I absolutely love this series by Jean Auel. She is an incredible author and I wish there was more of this series

Ayla and baby

just loved it and all the details of the story telling the love story but baby is my favorite

My favorite of the series

I’ve read the whole series and now I’m listening to them. This book is my favorite of all!