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The Valley of Horses

Earth’s Children, Book 2

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The Valley of Horses

By: Jean M. Auel
Narrated by: Rowena Cooper
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Forced to leave the Clan and her young son, Ayla sets out alone to travel the frigid steppes until she finds the valley of horses. Unable to find people like herself, the Cro-Magnons, she settles there and seeks friendship elsewhere. First she adopts a young filly, then a wounded lion cub. But far to the west, two young Cro-Magnon brothers have begun a journey. One of them is Jondalar, whose destiny is bound inextricably with Ayla's.

Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth, and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

©1982 Jean M. Auel (P)2003 AudioGO Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction

Critic Reviews

"A panorama of human culture in its infancy ... The Valley of Horses is great fun." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Holds the reader in a powerful spell." ( Publishers Weekly)
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The entire Earths children series is my absolute favorite story that i have ever read!

I will definitely be sharing this story with my little girl when she is old enough and with many others. It is Inspiring, entertaining, amusing and educational. I am so grateful to Jean Auel for taking the time to write this and I truly hope that one day the film created of this series will go to air and become a world wide hit so that we can discover more about our ancestral past, in order for human kind to reconnect with what we have lost in this day and age.

I absolutely love this entire series!

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I really enjoyed this book. I read it when I was younger and have a lot of nostalgia towards it.

However upon rereading (or rather, listening) I can now look at the book with a critical view. The descriptive capabilities of Jean M. Auel cannot be denied, however sometimes this can be a deficit. The author can describe the scenery and people in such a way that you can see them in your head with perfect clarity, however this does cause the sprinkled in sex scenes to get graphic, and I didn’t know there was so many ways to describe a mans private parts.

I love this series, I listen to the books back to back. However even I can admit that there are flaws to it. Thankfully, Audible have a 30 second skip option if the sex scenes become too much.

All in all, a great series that I regularly recommend to people (with a warning about the regular intercourse)
I really enjoyed it and will definitely listen again once I finish the series.

Well written and descriptive, but flawed.

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The Narrator is beyond amazing. The feeling that is felt through the reading of this book is tremendously awesome. I enjoyed every moment. thank you

A brilliant book with alot of feeling

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Great book. Binged it in a few days. Now onto the 3rd.
Loved her becoming a badass hunter with a lion. Was hoping she would go into battle with him but it went in a different direction.
It's bordering on X rated too.

Better than the first.

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Auel is truely an amazing author who blends research on the development of Homo sapiens with an exciting woman innovative on the run.
Her story development and language skills are extraordinary for such a new author

The evolution of early Homo sapiens in an exciting way

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I just loved this book, now on to the next one, can't wait ... 😁

Valley of horses

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I have the whole collection of these books. I have read them quite a few times, some more than others. Valley of the horses is one of my favorite... but unfortunately I don't have the time to sit and read these days, so while I'm working I can play the book on my mobile and hear it on my headphones without bothering anyone around me. This is going to be very addictive as I've finished listening to this book in record time... now I want to get the rest... lol

This is great way to listen to your favorite books

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Absolutely wonderful. I've read it half a dozen times. I loved Rowena Cooper's amazing narrative talents as she brought one of my all time favourite stories to life.

Spectacular

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Glacier and flaccid makes me cringe when I hear the reader say it wrong.... 🤦🏽‍♀️ other words too

Pronunciation cringe

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I’ve loved this series for years, but have been separated from my hard copies for a long time.

Over the years I’ve introduced many people people to the series and love the long conversations the book can kick off. It’s so descriptive and has a curiosity of the what we know, verse what we think the past might have looked like.

I will say, I didn’t remember Jon being quite so bit a brat.

Final but the bullet and got the audio. Can’t say a ‘older’, plummy, English lady is anything close to what I was expecting as a narrator. They definitely should have put more thought into who they chose, but saying that, it wasn’t too bad.

Very descriptive

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