The Valley of Horses
1982 • 544 pages

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Cast out of the Clan that is all she has ever known, Ayla, a Cro-Magnon woman raised by Neanderthals, ventures forth alone into a strange world. Resourceful and inventive, Ayla is able to craft a comfortable life for herself, but her loneliness and longing for the family she once knew is almost unbearable. As the harsh winter turns to spring, into Ayla's valley comes a new group of people with faces like her own, and to whom the peculiarities that once set her apart are accepted and celebrated. Among them, Ayla may find a second home and a first love.

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6 primary books

#2 in Earth's Children

Earth's Children is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Jean M. Auel.

#1
The Clan of the Cave Bear
#2
The Valley of Horses
#3
The Mammoth Hunters
#4
The Plains of Passage
#5
The Shelters of Stone

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Being a young teenager at the time of reading - I absolutely loved the ‘idea' that Ayla was the first person to ever ride on a horse - AND she was a woman! Yeeehaa!

January 1, 1995

I'm soooooo glad this one had Such a better ending than the first one!!! As soon as my neck stops bothering me, I'm going to start the third one!!!

July 27, 2019

This second book of the series was just as good as the first.

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