Books like Circles of stone by Joan Dahr Lambert
The novel follows the lives of three women separated by a million years of human history. One inhabits the African savannah over a million years ago, another lives by the shoreline of the Red Sea, and the third dwells within limestone caves in the Pyrenees. Their stories interweave to explore love, survival, and the human search for God, offering a unique perspective on prehistoric peoples and goddess religion.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Historical Fiction/Ancient Historical Fiction
Authors: Joan Dahr Lambert
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