Between Grandmother Mountain and the cold sea, Alaia and her family live off the land.
This utterly enchanting pre-historical novel is set deep in our stone-age past, but resonates as a parable of our troubled planet 8000 years on..
But as all the Auk people come together for their annual Gathering Night, who there will listen to the voice of a woman? The Gathering Night is a story of conflict, loss, love, adventure and devastating natural disasters.
Are his stories of a great wave and a people perished really to be believed? What else could drive a man to travel alone between tribes in the depths of winter? Hopes of resolution come when Alaia\'s mother returns home as a Go-Between, one able to commune with the spirits.
Then a stranger from a rival tribe appears on their hearth seeking shelter.
Half-starved and maddened with grief, Alaia\'s mother follows her visions and goes in search of her lost son.
But when one of her brothers goes hunting and never returns, the fragile balance of life is upset.
Between Grandmother Mountain and the cold sea, Alaia and her family live off the land
