It was very simple to follow, heavily based on advancing the narrative. Auel has a writing style here that I LOVED. However, I could see how this book would not be for everyone. I’d say it’s on par with Nick Hornby’s Ten Years in the Tub for the best book I’ve read in the past few years. This was one of those rare books that made me wish I’d be a bit pickier with my five star ratings as I enjoyed this book a lot more than many other books I’ve given five stars to. I give a lot of books I enjoy five stars, but they’re generally books I enjoyed and lived up to what I was hoping for, or took a series that was good and made it better. That’s a long buildup before ever discussing this book, but I’m wanting to be honest in discussing my thoughts as I read this.įirst, I’m giving this book five stars. While she’s reading the excellent Crime and Punishment I thought I’d zip through this one before she got to it. When my wife was looking for a book about a primitive culture I looked this one up (really never even knowing what it was about for sure until then) and got a copy for both of us. I never bought it as a kid though, who knows why when I picked up so many other books that have sat on my shelves for years and either been read or are still waiting for the long payoff. No particular reason why besides a title that implied there’d be some people that had some involvement with bears. Growing up, this was a popular enough book that I’d see it for sale at numerous used book stores, and always kept it in the back of my mind that I would read it someday. She and her husband, Ray Bernard Auel, have five children and live in Portland, Oregon.My fascination with this book is somewhat random. She received honorary degrees from her alma mater, as well as the University of Maine and the Mount Vernon College for Women. As of 2010 her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide, in many translations.Īuel attended University of Portland, and earned an MBA in 1976. Auel, née Jean Marie Untinen is an American author best known for her Earth's Children books, a series of historical fiction novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals.
She and her husband, Ray Bernard Auel, have five children and live in Portland, Oregon. Auel attended University of Portland, and earned an MBA in 1976. As of 2010 her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide, in many translations.
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