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Book group: Clan of the cave bear, 31 jan, everyone welcome

DonnaDonna
edited April 2013 in StroudGreen Book Club
<font face="Arial, Verdana">Next book is Clan of the Cave Bear. Here's what Wikipedia says about it, without giving too much away:</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><font color="#330099"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>The Clan of the Cave Bear</b></i><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is a </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px;">historical novel</span></font><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px;">Jean M. Auel</span></font><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> about </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px;">prehistoric times</span></font><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. It s</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">peculates on the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthals and humans, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">based on the first adult Neanderthal skeletons found in Iraq from the cave burial at</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Shanidar</span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">, dating between 60-80,000 years BP. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">In 1986, the novel was adapted into a</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">film</span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">directed by</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Michael Chapman</span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">and starring</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Daryl Hannah</span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">. </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">But don't watch the film, read the book... I don't know about you, but I'm certainly intrigued, never having read any fiction about Neanderthals before. There are so many books out there about middle-aged men having a midlife crisis, why read them when you can read about Neanderthals and find out what a cave bear is, and whether it has anything in common with a care bear?</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;">It's available on the kindle and from bookshops and from the library.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;">We are meeting at 7.30pm on 31jan at the old dairy. Everyone is welcome, whether you have come before or not. </div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Verdana; line-height: normal;"><br></div>
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