{"product_id":"the-shelters-of-stone-earths-children-book-5-9780553289428","title":"The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children  Book 5)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar  along with their animal friends  Wolf  Whinney  and Racer  complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalars people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes  customs  artifacts  even their homesformed in great cliffs of vertical limestoneare a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni  the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave (and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure)  she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills.  But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting  there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Aylas unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar  and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills  intelligence  knowledge  and instincts to find her way in this complicated society  to prepare for the birth of her child  and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii.  Jean Auel is at her very best in this superbly textured creation of a prehistoric society. The Shelters of Stone is a sweeping story of love and danger  with all the wonderful detailbased on meticulous research that makes her novels unique. It is a triumphant continuation of the Earths Children saga that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear. And it includes an amazing rhythmic poem that describes the birth of Earths Children and plays its own role in the narrative of The Shelters of Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650502451253,"sku":"ByrdShop_055328942X","price":67.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553289428.jpg?v=1781797925","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-shelters-of-stone-earths-children-book-5-9780553289428","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}