Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family–mother, father, brother–had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she’ll learn the devastating truth. But sometimes it’s better not to know…
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.
When her father dies, Irish immigrant Bridget O’Sullivan returns to the dead-end Canadian town of Bleak Landing to claim her inheritance. But she has no identification to prove her stake, and no one in town recognizes her—except Victor, who has become a pastor and a candidate for town mayor…
