Resumo de The Valley Of Horses

This is book two in Jean Auel?s ?Earth?s Children? series and is able to stand on its own, but greater understanding can be had by reading the first one, ?Clan of The Cave Bear.? I first read this book about twenty years ago before reading ?Clan of The Cave Bear? because I didn?t know about it. ?Valley of The Horses? was the book that hooked me; drew me in. Eventually it led me to read every book Auel writes. Being a horse and animal lover, the relationship Ayla had with her animal companions intrigued me. It was heart-warming. This young woman?s determination and strength was inspirational and admirable. Over thirty-four million copies sold worldwide. Seems many thought this a book worth reading. It may be fiction in a sense, but the information and detail isn?t. Auel went through considerable research for the time period she places her characters into. Readers will be both entertained and educated. Some of what Auel goes into are how people from the Ice Age probably used herbs and plants, how these were key in healing and survival. She weaves facts with probabilities on how these people stumbled upon useful items such as flint, how to be better hunters, and how to use animals for more than food. Auel also provides a map at the beginning of the book charting Ayla?s journey to the valley with surrounding areas marked. The story begins where ?Clan of The Cave Bear? left off with seventeen year old Ayla cursed with death and wandering through the plains hoping to find the others. We also meet Jondalar and his brother, Thonolan, two brothers of the others who are setting off on a journey. The book begins by telling two separate stories; one is of Ayla?s survival in the valley and the other of Jondalar and Thonolan?s journey across miles of land and through various villages. Ayla is alone again as she was in the first book at the age of hour, only now she is grown. She misses the Clan members and wishes she could return. Iza had told her to find her own people. After traveling a long time Ayla stumbles upon a beautiful valley where a herd of horses live. She finds a cave that is perfect. It?s high enough from the ground to make sudden sneak attacks from dangers such as hyenas difficult, and it even has a hole at the top where smoke from a fire could go. Ayla worries for a time about the previous inhabitants who were lions. Would they be back? Weeks turn into months, seasons into years though. She knows she should leave her beautiful and peaceful valley. She can?t live alone forever. What if she were hurt? She is a medicine woman but what if she broke a leg or were knocked out? Who would help? Besides, the loneliness was too much to bear. To ease this aloneness, Ayla does something unheard of for this time period. She brings a young horse into her cave to live with her and cares for it, feeds it, and grows a unique relationship with it. Ayla?s will, determination, and intelligence aid her in her survival. She must figure out how to do things alone, things normally done by more than a few people.

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