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2013 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION New Mexico / Arizona Book Awards
Winner A dazzling, family epic of love and forgiveness. Return of
the Bones is a very special book inspired by a true story -- In
1915, 2,067 skeletons were stolen from the ghost pueblo of Pecos
and transported to Harvard University for medical research...In
present day and across the miles, the wind carries their cries to
Grandfather who hears the bones longing for home. Hollow-Woman and
Grandfather are the last of the Pecos people, but Hollow-Woman is
not interested in ancient skeletons. She works at an Indian casino
and is of the modern ways, while Grandfather is a shaman and values
tradition. She hopes the road trip will heal their broken hearts.
Grandfather fashions a magical dream catcher to help her "see" her
ancestors' lives, and come to love the missing bones, as he does.
While driving a ratty old pickup-camper, the cantankerous
Grandfather and stubborn Hollow-Woman bicker from New Mexico to the
Peabody Museum. A glowing literary work, with religious undertones
of the persecution of Native Americans by the Catholic Church's
Spanish Inquisition. Return of the Bones pulses with emotion. The
pages are filled with the comical way Grandfather looks at the
world while embracing the heartbreak and spirituality of the Native
American peoples. You may know these famous bones on which landmark
studies proved that exercise prevents osteoporosis Did you know
that President George W. Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush, dug up
Geronimo's grave and stole his skull to be used as initiation into
the Skull and Bones Society at Yale? The book is enhanced with
video and pictures through the author's website. Visit
magicprose.com if you wish to preview the videos and images.
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