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Title	:	The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children #6)
Author	:	Jean M. Auel
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 828 pages
Published	:	March 29th 2011 by Random House Crown Publishers
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy

The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children #6)

Jean M. Auel

Hardcover | Pages: 828 pages

Rating: 3.31 | 27411 Users | 3296 Reviews

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In The land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel brings the ice-age epic Earth's Children series to an extraordinary conclusion. 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 welcomed by the Zelandonii, but problems arise. They are faced with new challenges, not just the ordinary trials of sheer survival, but the complications posed by many groups of people who need to live and work together. The wisdom that Ayla gained from her struggles as an orphaned child, alone in a hostile environment, strengthens her as she moves closer to leadership of the Zelandonia.

Ayla and Jondalar's first priority is the care for their golden-haired child, Jonayla, and the well-being of their amazing animals, Wolf, Whinney, Racer, and Gray. The two participate in hunts to provide food, in travels to Summer Meetings for decision making, and in social activities. 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.

Ayla's final preparations for her initiation as a Zelandoni bring The Land of Painted Caves to a riveting climax. So much time apart from Jondalar has caused him to drift away from her. The rituals themselves 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 civilization that resonates long after the reader has turned the last page, and serves as an astonishing end to this beloved saga.

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Original Title:	The Land of the Painted Caves
ISBN:	0517580519 (ISBN13: 9780517580516)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Earth's Children #6
Characters:	Ayla, Jondalar

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Many of the criticisms levelled at this book by other reviewers have a certain amount of truth to them. To be honest not much does happen here, we get endless repetitions of the Mother's Song, lots of descriptions of cave art, and lots of mentions of the events of previous books (this last, I think, should have been edited out as, let's face it, most people aren't going to come to this book cold). Nevertheless it forms a very satisfying conclusion to the books, and I'm not sure where else Ayla

All right, that's finally done. Nothing like making a stomach bug feel worse by reading a very disappointing book.First off, I will say that I do admire Ms. Auel for a couple of things: 1) She researched this like no one else. The depth and breadth of her experiences while writing all this are absolutely commendable. Above and beyond. Very few people get interested in something and go that far into learning about it. And 2) She has always said (in the few interviews I can find) that she wrote

Herewith, the "Land of the Painted Caves" drinking game!Everytime....the text mentions Ayla's accent, DRINK!the text called Ayla beautiful or Jondolar handsome, DRINK!the word "vivid" is used to describe Jondolar or Jonayla's eyes, DRINK!there is a verse of that goddess-forsaken song, DRINK!there's a description of how much some other person adores Ayla, DRINK!the word "uncanny" is used to describe Ayla's special abilities, DRINK!Ayla remembers her vision quest with Creb, DRAIN YOUR GLASS!You'll



Many of the criticisms levelled at this book by other reviewers have a certain amount of truth to them. To be honest not much does happen here, we get endless repetitions of the Mother's Song, lots of descriptions of cave art, and lots of mentions of the events of previous books (this last, I think, should have been edited out as, let's face it, most people aren't going to come to this book cold). Nevertheless it forms a very satisfying conclusion to the books, and I'm not sure where else Ayla

Other than finding out what happens to Ayla, Jondalar and Family, this was a terribly written book. It could easily have been edited down to 100-200 pages max. Endless recapping of past events, repetition of the mother's song, and mind numbing details about cave after cave after cave. So sad that such a wonderful saga had such an underwhelming finish.

A heartbreaking disappointment. This wasn't a work of literature, as much as a tiresome example of the copy/paste function. Page after page after page of repetitious descriptions and rehash of facts loyal fans already know. (And are irrelevant to new readers being introduced to the series through this book.) Absolutely no character development of the beloved heroine, Ayla. No conflict--or true plot for that matter--until the final third of the book. And, sadly, the story line that finally